gāng

earthen jug

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
缶 meaning component

  Meaning component

fǒu

  

pottery

工 sound component

  Sound component

gōng

  

work

Evolution

缸 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
缸 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

gāng

earthen jug, crock, cistern; jar; vat; classifier for loads of laundry; CL:[kǒu]

Most common words with 缸
Freq.
Word
Meaning

浴缸

bathtub

jar

鱼缸

fish tank

烟灰缸

ashtray

气缸

cylinder (engine)