壷

See also: 壺 and 壶

壷 U+58F7, 壷 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-58F7 ← 壶 [U+58F6] CJK Unified Ideographs 壸 → [U+58F8]

壷 U+2F85B, 壷 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F85B ← 売 [U+2F85A] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 夆 → [U+2F85C]

Translingual

Stroke order

Traditional	壺
Shinjitai (extended)	壷
Simplified	壶

Han character

壷 (Kangxi radical 33, 士+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 土月中一 (GBLM) or 難土月中一 (XGBLM))

Derived characters

• 𤩖

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 243, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5662
• Dae Jaweon: page 483, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 458, character 8
• Unihan data for U+58F7

• Unihan data for U+2F85B

Chinese

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 壷 – see 壺 (“pot; jar; kettle; jug; vase; can; thermos; bottle; flask; canteen; etc.”). (This character is the former (1935–1936) ROC simplified and variant form of 壺).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00835-001

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	壷
Kyūjitai	壺

Kanji

壷

(Hyōgai kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 壺)

1. Alternative form of 壺 (“jar, pot”)
2. Extended shinjitai form of 壺

Readings

• Go-on: ぐ (gu)、ご (go)
• Kan-on: こ (ko)
• Kun: つぼ (tsubo, 壷)

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 壷 – see the following entry.

【壺こ】H [noun] hu (ancient Chinese vessel shaped like a vase, usually used to store alcohol)

(This term, 壷, is an alternative spelling (extended shinjitai) of the above term.)