壺

See also: 壷, 壶, 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)

Derived characters

• 㯛 𩞵 𰚈 𤬗 𡕏 𫯉 𥃕 𦺟 𬀘

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

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

Etymology

Contraction of 葫蘆 (OC *ɡaː raː, “calabash”) (Wu, 2006).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): hú (hu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): fu²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu⁴ / wu^4-2
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): fù

  (Meixian, Guangdong): fu¹

• Eastern Min (BUC): ù
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hô͘ / ô͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hu⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶wu
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): fu²

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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/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: fu²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: fu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu²¹/
• 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 Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fù
    • Hakka Romanization System: fu^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fu²
    • Sinological IPA: /fu¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: fu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /fu⁴⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ù
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵³/
• 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.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: hu⁵
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hû
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hu⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶wu
    • MiniDict: wu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦu²³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: fu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɸu¹³/

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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

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

Compounds

• 一壺千金／一壶千金
• 便壺／便壶 (biànhú)
• 冰壺／冰壶 (bīnghú)
• 冰壺玉尺／冰壶玉尺
• 冰壺秋月／冰壶秋月
• 唾壺／唾壶 (tuòhú)
• 噴壺／喷壶 (pēnhú)
• 執壺／执壶
• 壺中天地／壶中天地
• 壺中日月／壶中日月
• 壺中物／壶中物
• 壺公／壶公
• 壺口瀑布／壶口瀑布 (Húkǒu Pùbù)
• 壺天／壶天
• 壺天日月／壶天日月
• 壺漿／壶浆
• 壺漏／壶漏
• 壺漿塞道／壶浆塞道
• 壺狀花冠／壶状花冠
• 壺穴／壶穴
• 壺腹／壶腹 (húfù)
• 壺蘆／壶芦
• 壺裡乾坤／壶里干坤
• 壺飧／壶飧
• 夜壺／夜壶 (yèhú)
• 大彬壺／大彬壶
• 大茶壺／大茶壶
• 宜興壺／宜兴壶
• 尿壺／尿壶 (niàohú)
• 懸壺／悬壶 (xuánhú)
• 懸壺濟世／悬壶济世 (xuánhújìshì)
• 扳壺／扳壶
• 投壺／投壶 (tóuhú)
• 挈壺／挈壶
• 挈榼提壺／挈榼提壶
• 提壺／提壶 (tíhú)
• 提壺蘆／提壶芦
• 擊碎唾壺／击碎唾壶
• 方壺／方壶
• 暖壺／暖壶 (nuǎnhú)
• 水壺／水壶 (shuǐhú)
• 沙壺／沙壶
• 漏壺／漏壶 (lòuhú)
• 王敦擊壺／王敦击壶
• 玉壺／玉壶
• 玉女投壺／玉女投壶
• 畫壺／画壶
• 硯水壺兒／砚水壶儿
• 碰壺／碰壶
• 箭壺／箭壶
• 簞食壺漿／箪食壶浆
• 肝胰壺腹／肝胰壶腹 (gānyíhúfù)
• 茶壺／茶壶 (cháhú)
• 蓬壺／蓬壶
• 藥壺／药壶
• 藤壺／藤壶 (ténghú)
• 負壺灌區／负壶灌区
• 酒壺／酒壶 (jiǔhú)
• 金壺／金壶
• 銅壺／铜壶 (tónghú)
• 銅壺滴漏／铜壶滴漏
• 電壺／电壶
• 鼻煙壺／鼻烟壶 (bíyānhú)

 

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

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	壷
Kyūjitai	壺

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)

Compounds

• 壺中(こちゅう) (kochū)
• 唾壺(だこ) (dako)
• 銅壺(どうこ) (dōko)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
壺
つぼ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
壷 (extended shinjitai)

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)”, 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 Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (formerly 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.

Derived terms

• 壺草(ツボクサ) (tsubokusa)
• 壺皿(つぼさら) (tsubosara)
• 壺菫(ツボスミレ) (tsubosumire)
• 油壺(あぶらつぼ) (aburatsubo)
• 金壺(かなつぼ) (kanatsubo)
• 肥壺(こえつぼ) (koetsubo)
• 骨壺(こつつぼ) (kotsutsubo)
• 酒壺(さかつぼ) (sakatsubo)
• 墨壺(すみつぼ) (sumitsubo)
• 滝壺(たきつぼ) (takitsubo)
• 蛸壺(たこつぼ) (takotsubo)
• 痰壺(たんつぼ) (tantsubo)
• 茶壺(ちゃつぼ) (chatsubo)
• 土壺(どつぼ) (dotsubo)
• 肉壺(にくつぼ) (nikutsubo)
• 野壺(のつぼ) (notsubo)
• 火消壺(ひけしつぼ) (hikeshitsubo)
• 藤壺(ふじつぼ) (fujitsubo), 富士壺(ふじつぼ) (fujitsubo)
• 便壺(べんつぼ) (bentsubo)
• 水壺(みずつぼ) (mizutsubo)
• 湯壺(ゆつぼ) (yutsubo)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
壺
こ Hyōgai
kan'on

Alternative spelling
壷 (extended shinjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こ [kóꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞]

Noun

壺(こ) • (ko) 

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

Derived terms

• 投壺(とうこ) (tōko)
• 扁壺(へんこ) (henko)

Korean

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɸʷo̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [호]

Hanja

Wikisource

壺 (eum 호 (ho))

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Vietnamese

Han character

壺: Hán Nôm readings: hồ

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