壺

See also: 壶, 壷, and 壼

壺 U+58FA, 壺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-58FA ← 壹 [U+58F9] CJK Unified Ideographs 壻 → [U+58FB]

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
alternative forms		壷 𠻭 𡔥 𡔦 𡐎 壷 𠻭 𡔥 𡔦 𡐎 𢑹 𥁖 𡔳 𡔲

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 壺
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 壺

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

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

4. a surname

References

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

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Japanese

Kanji

壺

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 壷)

Readings

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

Etymology 1

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.
3. (slang) Those who believe in the Unification Church and/or who are in close touch with this religion. (As this religion used to sell vessels to cast out evil spirits)

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.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
壺
こ Hyōgai
kan'on

Noun

壺(こ) • (ko) 

1. hu (ancient Chinese vessel shaped like a vase, usually used to store alcohol)

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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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