缶

See also 罐, and 击

Translingual

Stroke order

Etymology

Pictogram (象形) – a pot with a lid.

Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Large seal script	Small seal script

Han character

缶 (radical 121 缶+0, 6 strokes, cangjie input 人十山 (OJU), four-corner 8077₂)

1. earthen crock or jar (also used as a musical instrument in the court music of ancient China and the ritual music of Korea)
2. rad. 121

Variant: 𦈢 (U+26222)

Descendants

• 金 (simplified form used in some characters such as 鉢)

References

• KangXi: page 944, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28108
• Dae Jaweon: page 1385, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 2935, character 1
• Unihan data for U+7F36

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Cantonese

Hanzi

缶 (Yale fau2)

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Hakka

Hanzi

缶 (POJ fêu, Guangdong feu³ [Meixian], feu³ fui² [Hailu], feu³ fi² [Siyan], fui² [Kwangtung], fiu³ [Bao'an], Hagfa Pinyim feu3)

References

• CCDICT (Chineselanguage.org)
• Academia Sinica - Hakka-English Dictionary
• Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) ISBN 962-201-750-9.

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Japanese

Kanji

缶 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. pot; can

Readings

• On: かん (kan), (historical) くゎん (kwan); (Chinese-based readings seldom used in Japanese) ふ (fu), ふう (fū)
• Kun: かま (kama), ほとぎ (hotogi)
• Nanori: ふ (fu), べ (be)

Compounds

Compounds

缶詰 (かんづめ, kanzume): canned food; confinement for a particular purpose 缶詰業 (かんづめぎょう, kanzumegyō): the canning industry 缶詰業者 (かんづめぎょうしゃ, kanzume gyōsha): a canner, someone who cans as a business 缶詰工場 (かんづめこうじょう, kanzume kōjō): a cannery, a canning plant 缶詰食品 (かんづめしょくひん, kanzume shokuhin): canned food 缶石 (かんせき, kanseki): scale, lime and other deposits left behind in a boiler, kettle, or similar device 缶切り, 缶切 (かんきり, kankiri): a can opener 缶胴 (かまどう, kamadō): the boiler of a steam engine 缶焚き, 缶焚 (かまたき, kamataki): minding a boiler fire for a steam engine; a steam engine fireman, tender, or stoker 缶偏 (かまへん, kamahen): the Chinese character radical consisting of the 缶 character

Etymology 1

Originally from Dutch kan (“cylindrical metallic container”), with additional influence from English can (“cylindrical metallic container”). The kanji is an example of ateji.

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• IPA: /ka.ɴ/, [kã̠ɴ]

Alternative forms

• 罐, 鑵, カン

Noun

缶 (hiragana かん, romaji kan)

1. a can, a tin

Etymology 2

From Old Japanese kama, signifying a container for high heat and referring variously to a hearth, oven, pot, kettle.

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• IPA: /ka.ma/, [kämä]

Alternative forms

• 竈, 釜, 窯

Noun

缶 (hiragana かま, romaji kama)

1. a boiler, as for a steam engine

Usage notes

For the boiler sense, this term kama is most often spelled using the kanji 缶.

Synonyms

• ボイラー (boirā)

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Korean

Hanja

缶 (hangeul 부, revised bu, McCune-Reischauer pu, Yale pu)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

缶 (pinyin fǒu (fou3), Wade-Giles fou³), guàn

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Vietnamese

Han character

缶 (phữu, phẫu, phễu, quán)