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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Japanese

Kanji

缶 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: カン (kan), フ (fu), フウ
• Kun: ほとぎ (hotogi)

Pronunciation

kàn

Noun

缶 (hiragana かん, romaji kan)

1. tin, can

Alternative forms

• カン

Compounds

• 缶詰

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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)