Chinese Character Wiki

罌

yīng

long necked jar or bottle

Components
賏 sound component

賏  Sound component

yīng, yìng

  

pearls or shells strung together

缶 meaning component

缶  Meaning component

fǒu

  

pottery

pottery

Evolution

罌 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
罌 Clerical script Wu (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Wu (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
罌 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

罂 (罌) 

yīng

long necked jar or bottle; earthen jar with small mouth

Most common words with 罌
Freq.
Word
Meaning

罂粟

poppy

罂

earthen jar with small mouth

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[ʔ]ˤreŋ

'eang

yīng

jar, vase


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4374th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

20

Simplified

罂

Unicode

U+7F4C

Shuowen

“罌，缶也。从缶，賏聲。”


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