wèng

earthen jar

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Originally written as .

Components
瓦 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

earthenware

公 sound component

  Sound component

gōng

  

public

Evolution

瓮 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
瓮 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

wèng

earthen jar; jar for ashes; variant of |[wèng]; urn

() 

Wèng

surname Weng

() 

wèng

pottery container for water, wine etc

Most common words with 瓮
Freq.
Word
Meaning

urn

瓮中之鳖

lit. like a turtle in a jar

瓮安

Wengan county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南州[Qián​nán​zhōu], Guizhou

瓮安县

Wengan county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南州[Qián​nán​zhōu], Guizhou

瓮城

enceinte of a city gate