甌

See also: 瓯

甌 U+750C, 甌 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-750C ← 甋 [U+750B] CJK Unified Ideographs 甍 → [U+750D]

Translingual

Han character

甌 (Kangxi radical 98, 瓦+11, 16 strokes, cangjie input 尸口一女弓 (SRMVN), four-corner 7171₇, composition ⿰區瓦)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 751, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21586
• Dae Jaweon: page 1159, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1430, character 15
• Unihan data for U+750C

Chinese

trad.		甌
simp.		瓯

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 甌
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (區) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
摳	*kʰoː, *kʰo
彄	*kʰoː
剾	*kʰoː, *qoː
謳	*qoː
歐	*qoː, *qoːʔ
區	*qoː, *kʰo
鷗	*qoː
甌	*qoː
漚	*qoː, *qoːs
瞘	*qoː
嘔	*qoː, *qoːʔ
櫙	*qoː
膒	*qoː
蓲	*qoː, *kʰu, *qo, *qos
醧	*qoː, *qas
鏂	*qoː
毆	*qoːʔ
塸	*qoːʔ
貙	*kʰl'o
樞	*kʰjo
驅	*kʰo, *kʰos
軀	*kʰo
嶇	*kʰo
鰸	*kʰo
敺	*kʰo
傴	*qoʔ
嫗	*qos
饇	*qos

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qoː) and ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : phonetic 區 (OC *qoː, *kʰo, “vessel”) + semantic 瓦 (“pottery”).

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ʔəw-ŋ (“pot; vat; jar”) (reconstructed provisionally). Related to 碗 (OC *qoːnʔ, “bowl”) and possibly 甕 (OC *qoːŋs, “urn”). Compare Burmese အိုး (ui:, “pot”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): ōu (ou¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄡ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ngou¹

• Cantonese (Jyutping): au¹
• Northern Min (KCR): é
• Eastern Min (BUC): ĕu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): au / o͘ / io

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ao¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹eu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ou
    • Wade–Giles: ou¹
    • Yale: ōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ou
    • Palladius: оу (ou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀoʊ̯⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ngou¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ngou
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋəu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: au¹
    • Yale: āu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: au¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: eo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐu̯⁵⁵/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: é
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /e⁵⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ĕu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɛu⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: au
    • Tâi-lô: au
    • Phofsit Daibuun: aw
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /au⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /au³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘
    • Tâi-lô: oo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: of
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɔ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: io
    • Tâi-lô: io
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ioy
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /io³³/

Note:

• au - vernacular;
• o͘/io - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: ao¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: au
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /au³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹eu
    • MiniDict: eu^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹eu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɤ⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: 'uw

Rime
Character	甌
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	烏侯切
Baxter	'uw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔəu/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔəu/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔəw/
Li Rong	/ʔu/
Wang Li	/əu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ōu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	au1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qoː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	甌
Reading #	1/1
No.	10586
Phonetic component	區
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	謳
Old Chinese	/*qoː/

Definitions

甌

1. small bowl; small cup; small tray
2. Abbreviation of 溫州／温州 (Wēnzhōu): Wenzhou (a prefecture-level city in Zhejiang, in southeastern China)
3. a surname
4. (Penang Hokkien) cup
5. (Penang Hokkien) classifier for cups of drinks

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 碗 (“bowl (for holding food)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		碗
Mandarin	Beijing	碗, 碗兒
	Taiwan	碗
	Yantai (Muping)	碗
	Jinan	碗
	Luoyang	碗
	Wanrong	碗
	Xi'an	碗
	Yinchuan	碗
	Lanzhou	碗
	Xining	碗
	Ürümqi	碗
	Wuhan	碗
	Chengdu	碗
	Guiyang	碗
	Liuzhou	碗
	Xuzhou	碗兒, 碗
	Yangzhou	碗盞, 碗
	Nanjing	碗兒
	Hefei	碗, 盞子
	Malaysia	碗
	Singapore	碗
Cantonese	Guangzhou	碗
	Hong Kong	碗
	Dongguan	碗
	Yangjiang	碗, 甌
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	碗
	Singapore (Guangfu)	碗
Gan	Nanchang	碗
	Pingxiang	碗
Hakka	Meixian	碗, 碗公, 碗仔
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	碗公
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	碗
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	碗
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	碗
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	碗
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	碗
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	碗
Huizhou	Jixi	碗
Jin	Taiyuan	碗
	Xinzhou	碗
Northern Min	Jian'ou	碗, 碗頭
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	碗
	Singapore (Fuqing)	碗
Southern Min	Xiamen	碗, 碗頭
	Quanzhou	碗
	Zhangzhou	碗, 碗頭
	Zhao'an	碗
	Penang (Hokkien)	碗
	Singapore (Hokkien)	碗
	Manila (Hokkien)	碗
	Chaozhou	碗
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	碗
	Jieyang	碗
	Singapore (Teochew)	碗
	Leizhou	碗
	Wenchang	碗
	Haikou	碗
	Singapore (Hainanese)	碗
Puxian Min	Putian	碗
	Putian (Donghai)	碗
	Putian (Jiangkou)	碗
	Putian (Nanri)	碗
	Xianyou	碗
	Xianyou (Fengting)	碗
	Xianyou (Youyang)	碗
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	碗
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	碗
Wu	Shanghai	碗
	Shanghai (Chongming)	碗
	Suzhou	碗
	Danyang	碗盞
	Hangzhou	碗盞, 碗
	Ningbo	碗盞
	Wenzhou	碗
	Jinhua	碗
Xiang	Changsha	碗, 蓮花子
	Loudi	碗
	Shuangfeng	碗

Dialectal synonyms of 杯子 (“drinkware; cup; glass; mug”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		杯子
Mandarin	Beijing	杯子
	Taiwan	杯子
	Yantai (Muping)	杯子
	Jinan	杯子
	Xi'an	杯子
	Wuhan	杯子, 盞子
	Chengdu	杯杯, 杯子
	Guilin	杯子
	Liuzhou	杯子
	Yangzhou	杯子
	Hefei	杯子, 盞子
	Malaysia	杯
	Singapore	杯
Cantonese	Guangzhou	杯
	Hong Kong	杯
	Dongguan	杯
	Yangjiang	杯
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	杯
	Singapore (Guangfu)	杯
Gan	Nanchang	杯子, 盅子, 甌子
	Pingxiang	杯子, 盅子
Hakka	Meixian	杯仔
	Xingning	杯哩
	Huidong (Daling)	杯仔
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	杯子
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	杯仔
	Changting	甌哩
	Wuping	杯
	Wuping (Pingyu)	杯
	Liancheng	甌子
	Ninghua	杯
	Ruijin	盞子, 杯
	Shicheng	盅子, 杯
	Shangyou (Shexi)	甌子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	杯仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	杯仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	杯仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	杯
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	杯仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	甌, 杯
Huizhou	Jixi	杯子, 杯
Jin	Taiyuan	杯子
	Xinzhou	杯子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	甌仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	杯杯
	Matsu	杯杯
Southern Min	Xiamen	杯, 杯仔, 甌仔
	Quanzhou	杯, 甌仔
	Zhangzhou	杯, 甌仔
	Tainan	杯仔, 甌仔
	Penang (Hokkien)	甌
	Singapore (Hokkien)	杯, 杯仔
	Manila (Hokkien)	杯
	Medan (Hokkien)	杯
	Chaozhou	杯
	Shantou	杯, 盅
	Jieyang	杯
	Singapore (Teochew)	杯
	Wenchang	盅
	Haikou	盅
	Singapore (Hainanese)	盅
Puxian Min	Putian	杯
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	茶杯
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	杯
Wu	Shanghai	杯子
	Suzhou	杯子
	Wenzhou	杯
Xiang	Changsha	杯子, 盅子
	Shuangfeng	杯子, 盅子

Dialectal synonyms of 杯 (“classifier for cups of drinks/food”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		杯
Mandarin	Taiwan	杯
	Malaysia	杯
	Singapore	杯
Cantonese	Hong Kong	杯
	Singapore (Guangfu)	杯
Hakka	Meixian	杯
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	杯
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	杯
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	杯
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	杯
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	杯
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	杯
Southern Min	Xiamen	杯
	Quanzhou	杯
	Zhangzhou	杯
	Tainan	杯
	Penang (Hokkien)	甌
	Singapore (Hokkien)	杯
	Manila (Hokkien)	杯
	Haifeng	杯
	Singapore (Teochew)	杯
	Wenchang	盅
	Haikou	盅
	Singapore (Hainanese)	盅
Wu	Shanghai	杯

Compounds

• 名動金甌／名动金瓯
• 名覆金甌／名覆金瓯
• 固金甌／固金瓯
• 建甌／建瓯 (Jiàn'ōu)
• 擊甌／击瓯
• 東甌／东瓯 (Dōng'ōu)
• 甌劇／瓯剧 (ōujù)
• 甌子／瓯子
• 甌宰／瓯宰
• 甌摳／瓯抠
• 甌柑／瓯柑 (ōugān)
• 甌江／瓯江 (Ōujiāng)
• 甌海／瓯海 (Ōuhǎi)
• 甌穴／瓯穴
• 甌窶／瓯窭 (ōulóu)
• 甌繡／瓯绣
• 甌脫／瓯脱 (ōutuō)
• 甌臾／瓯臾
• 甌語／瓯语 (ōuyǔ)
• 甌越／瓯越 (Ōuyuè)
• 金甌／金瓯 (jīn'ōu)
• 金甌無缺／金瓯无缺 (jīn'ōuwúquē)
• 金甌藏名／金瓯藏名

 

References

• “甌”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	瓯
Kyūjitai	甌

Kanji

甌

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

1. small jar
2. jug

Readings

• Go-on: う (u)
• Kan-on: おう (ō)
• Kun: かめ (kame, 甌); はち (hachi, 甌); ほとぎ (hotogi, 甌)

Korean

Hanja

甌 (eum 구 (gu))

1. bowl, cup
2. small tray

Vietnamese

Han character

甌: Hán Nôm readings: âu

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