缶

See also: 罐 and 击

缶 U+7F36, 缶 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7F36 ← 缵 [U+7F35] CJK Unified Ideographs 缷 → [U+7F37]

⽸ U+2F78, ⽸ KANGXI RADICAL JAR ← ⽷ [U+2F77] Kangxi Radicals ⽹ → [U+2F79]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

缶 (Kangxi radical 121, 缶+0, 6 strokes, Cangjie input 人十山 (OJU), four-corner 8077₂, composition ⿱午凵)

1. Kangxi radical #121, ⽸.

Derived characters

• Appendix:Chinese radical/缶
• 𭎘, 𡜊, 𣳬, 𤈒, 珤, 𦚥, 𤽦, 𥒋, 𬒴, 𧊦, 𫒘, 𩛊, 𩢿, 㓡, 𢻂, 𧇍, 𩒡, 𩛕
• 𤈣, 𡧰, 𪨲, 𬜪, 𪺛, 窑, 䓨, 𨑅, 寚, 𪔕, 匋, 厒, 𢈊, 𠙈, 𠤸, 䘖, 䔘, 䀇, 鬱

References

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

Chinese

simp. and trad.		缶
alternative forms		𦈢 缻

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 缶
Shang	Spring and Autumn	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
寶	*puːʔ
珤	*puːʔ
缶	*puʔ
缹	*puʔ

Pictogram (象形) – an earthenware jar with a lid. See also the bottom part of the original versions of 由.

Unrelated to the top component of 鬱, in which it represents a stylized man (大).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǒu (fou³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fau²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fì
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hió / hó͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hui⁵ / hu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fǒu
    • Wade–Giles: fou³
    • Yale: fǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: foou
    • Palladius: фоу (fou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /foʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fau²
    • Yale: fáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: feo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐu̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fì
    • Hakka Romanization System: fi^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fi²
    • Sinological IPA: /fi¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hió
    • Tâi-lô: hió
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hioir
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /hio⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó͘
    • Tâi-lô: hóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hor
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hɔ⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hui⁵ / hu²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hûi / hú
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hui⁵⁵/, /hu⁵²/

Note:

• hui5 - colloquial;
• hu2 - literal.

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• Middle Chinese: pjuwX

Rime
Character	缶
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	方久切
Baxter	pjuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pɨuX/
Pan Wuyun	/piuX/
Shao Rongfen	/piəuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/puwX/
Li Rong	/piuX/
Wang Li	/pĭəuX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pi̯ə̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fǒu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fau2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*p(r)uʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*puʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	缶
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fǒu
Middle Chinese	‹ pjuwX ›
Old Chinese	/*p(r)uʔ/
English	earthenware
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	缶
Reading #	1/1
No.	3266
Phonetic component	缶
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	缶
Old Chinese	/*puʔ/

Definitions

缶

1. earthen pot or jar for storing an alcoholic drink
2. musical instrument for ritual music

Compounds

• 二缶鐘惑 / 二缶钟惑
• 擊缶 / 击缶 (jīfǒu)

Japanese

Kanji

缶

(Jōyō kanji)

1. earthenware jar with a narrow mouth

Readings

• Go-on: ふ (fu)
• Kan-on: ふう (fū)
• Kun: ほとぎ (hotogi, 缶)

Kanji

Shinjitai	缶
Kyūjitai	罐

缶

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 罐)

1. pot; can
2. tin can
3. container
4. jar radical (no. 121)

Readings

• Go-on: かん (kan, Jōyō)^{←くわん (kwan, historical)}
• Kan-on: かん (kan, Jōyō)^{←くわん (kwan, historical)}
• Kun: かま (kama, 缶)
• Nanori: べ (be)

Compounds

• 缶(かん)詰(づめ) (kanzume): canned food; confinement for a particular purpose
• 缶(かん)詰(づめ)業(ぎょう) (kanzumegyō): the canning industry
• 缶(かん)詰(づめ)業(ぎょう)者(しゃ) (kanzume gyōsha): a canner, someone who cans as a business
• 缶(かん)詰(づめ)工(こう)場(じょう) (kanzume kōjō): a cannery, a canning plant
• 缶(かん)詰(づめ)食(しょく)品(ひん) (kanzume shokuhin): canned food
• 缶(かん)石(せき) (kanseki): scale, lime and other deposits left behind in a boiler, kettle, or similar device
• 缶(かん)切(き)り (kankiri), 缶(かん)切(きり) (kankiri): a can opener
• 缶(かま)胴(どう) (kamadō): the boiler of a steam engine
• 缶(かま)焚(た)き (kamataki), 缶(かま)焚(たき) (kamataki): minding a boiler fire for a steam engine; a steam engine fireman, tender, or stoker
• 缶(かま)偏(へん) (kamahen): the Chinese character radical consisting of the 缶 character
• 缶(ふ)甖(おう) (fuō):Historically read ふうおう. It is a very specific archaeological term which designates a narrow-necked terracotta jar or amphora used to store water or wine in ancient China.
• 水(みず)缶(ほとぎ) (mizuhotogi):This is a traditional water jar. (Note: Today, if a Japanese person sees 水缶 written, they will instinctively read "suikan" to refer to a modern water container or jerrycan).

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
缶
かん Grade: S (ateji)
on'yomi

Alternative spellings
罐 (kyūjitai) 鑵 カン

Likely from Dutch kan (“cylindrical metallic container”), with additional influence from English can (“cylindrical metallic container”). The kanji is an example of ateji (当(あ)て字(じ)). Alternatively, from Middle Chinese 罐 (kuɑnH, “can; jar; tin”). The usage of 缶 is likely due to a 新字体 (shinjitai) simplification from earlier 旧字体 (kyūjitai) 罐, where the phonetic component 雚 was entirely eliminated.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kã̠ɴ]
• (Tokyo) かん [káꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])

Noun

缶(かん) • (kan) ^{←くわん (kwan)?}

1. a can, a tin

Counter

缶(かん) • (-kan) ^{←くわん (-kwan)?}

1. counter for canned goods

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
缶
かま Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
罐 (kyūjitai)

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

【かま】 [noun] a boiler, as for a steam engine

(This term, 缶, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

• “^△缶”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja

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

장군 부 [janggun bu]

1. an earthen vessel that bulges in the middle and has a narrow mouth
2. refers to one of many types of the double-headed drums with a narrow waist in the middle
3. 洋甁, a glazed pot bulging in the middle with a narrow mouth
4. volume, capacity (=4斛)
5. rad. 121

Vietnamese

Han character

缶: Hán Nôm readings: phẫu, phễu, quán, phữu

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