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

References

KangXi: page 751, character 22

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21586

Dae Jaweon: page 1159, character 16

Hanyu Da Zidian: 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, OC *qoː) and ideogrammic compound (會意) : 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 အို (ui, “pot”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): ōu (ou¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄡ

(Chengdu, SP): ngou¹
Cantonese (Jyutping): au¹
Min Bei (KCR): é
Min Dong (BUC): ĕu
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): au / o͘ / io

(Teochew, Peng'im): ao¹
Wu (Wiktionary): eu (T1)

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

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

Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: é
  - IPA ^(key): /e⁵⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ĕu
  - IPA ^(key): /ɛu⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: au
  - Tâi-lô: au
  - Phofsit Daibuun: aw
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /aʊ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /aʊ³³/
- (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
  - IPA ^(key): /au³³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: eu (T1)
  - IPA ^(key): /ɜ⁵³/

Middle Chinese: /ʔəu/▼

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
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

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

small bowl; small cup; small tray
Wenzhou
A surname.

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
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／瓯窶
甌繡／瓯绣

甌脫／瓯脱
甌臾／瓯臾
甌語／瓯语 (ōuyǔ)
甌越／瓯越
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), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

甌

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

small jar
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 • (gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune–Reischauer ku, Yale kwu)

bowl, cup
small tray

Vietnamese

Han character

甌 (âu)

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