壺

See also: 壶 and 壷

Translingual

Traditional	壺
Shinjitai (extended)	壷
Simplified	壶

Han character

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

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 243, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5657
• Dae Jaweon: page 484, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 468, character 1
• Unihan data for U+58FA

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Chinese

trad.		壺
simp.		壶

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hú (hu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu⁴ / wu^4-2
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fù
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hô͘ / ô͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hú
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hú
    • Wade–Giles: hu²
    • Yale: hú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwu
    • Palladius: ху (xu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wu⁴ / wu^4-2
    • Yale: wùh / wú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu⁴ / wu^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu⁴ / wu^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː²¹/, /wuː²¹⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fù
    • Hakka Romanization System: fuˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fu²
    • Sinological IPA: /fu¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô͘ / ô͘
    • Tâi-lô: hôo / ôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoo, oo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ²⁴/, /ɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ²⁴/, /ɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ¹³/, /ɔ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔ²⁴/, /ɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ²³/, /ɔ²³/

Note:

• hô͘ - literary;
• ô͘ - vernacular.

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• Middle Chinese: hu

Rime
Character	壺
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	戸吳切
Baxter	hu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦuo/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦuo/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣo/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦɔ/
Li Rong	/ɣo/
Wang Li	/ɣu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣuo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wu4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ](ʷ)ˤa/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷlaː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	壺
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	hú
Middle Chinese	‹ hu ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ](ʷ)ˁa/
English	flask
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	壺
Reading #	1/1
No.	5286
Phonetic component	壺
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	胡
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷlaː/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 壺

1. pot; jar; kettle (vessel used to boil liquid); jug; vase; can; thermos; bottle; flask; canteen (water bottle)
2. Classifier for bottled liquid.

   一壺水／一壶水 [Cantonese]  ―  jat¹ wu⁴ seoi² [Jyutping]  ―  a pot of water

3. a surname
4. (historical) a kind of ancient vessel

References

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

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

壺

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

Readings

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

Etymology

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

Noun

壺(つぼ) • (tsubo) 

1. container or depression:
   1. A pot or jar; a vessel or bottle.
      • 1999 March 1, “太(たい)古(こ)の壺(つぼ) [Ancient Pot]”, in BOOSTER 1, Konami:

        とても壊(こわ)れやすい大(おお)昔(むかし)の壺(つぼ)。中(なか)に何(なに)かが潜(ひそ)んでいるらしい。

        Tote mo koware yasui ōmukashi no tsubo. Naka ni nani ka ga hisonde iru rashii.

        A very fragile antique pot that seems to contain something.

   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 (eum 호 (ho))

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Vietnamese

Han character

壺: Hán Nôm readings: hồ

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