壺

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

• KangXi: page 243, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5657
• Dae Jaweon: page 484, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 468, character 1
• Unihan data for U+58FA

壺

1. vase, jar, pot, jug
2. A kettle (vessel used when boiling liquid).
3. Classifier for pots of liquid.

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

4. A surname​.

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

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

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

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

壺 (hiragana つぼ, rōmaji 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.

In acupuncture and acupressure contexts, this word is most often spelled either in hiragana as つぼ or in katakana as ツボ.

壺 (eum 호 (ho))

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壺: Hán Nôm readings: hồ

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