壺

See also 壶, and 壷

Translingual

Han character

壺 (radical 33 士+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 土月中一 (GBLM), four-corner 4010₇) Pictographic character.

1. jar, pot, jug, vase
2. used as a surname

References

• KangXi: page 243, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5657
• Dae Jaweon: page 484, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 468, character 1
• Unihan data for U+58FA

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Cantonese

Hanzi

壺 (simplified 壶, Yale wu4)

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Japanese

Kanji

壺 (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 壷)

Readings

• On: こ (ko)
• Kun: つぼ (tsubo)

Etymology

Cognate with 坪 (tsubo). Likely shares its origin with 粒 (tsubu), in expressing the idea of something round and bulging outward.

Noun

壺 (hiragana つぼ, romaji tsubo)

1. A container or depression:
   1. A pot or jar; a vessel or bottle.
   2. A basin, as at the base of a waterfall.
   3. A pressure point in acupressure or acupuncture.
2. The core or heart of an issue.

Usage notes

In acupuncture and acupressure contexts, this word is most often spelled either in hiragana as つぼ or in katakana as ツボ.

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Korean

Hanja

壺 (hangeul 호, revised ho, McCune-Reischauer ho)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

壺 (simplified 壶, pinyin hú (hu2), yīn (yin1), Wade-Giles hu², yin¹)

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Vietnamese

Han character

壺 (hồ)