瓯 (ōu): small bowl

Meanings

他倒了一瓯茶递给客人。

Tā dào le yì ōu chá dì gěi kèrén.

He poured a cup of tea and handed it to the guest.

浙江的温州古称瓯。

Zhèjiāng de Wēnzhōu gǔ chēng Ōu.

Wenzhou in Zhejiang was anciently called Ou.

culture

瓯 names a small ceramic bowl or cup. The same character (capitalized) is the old name for 温州 and the 瓯江 (Ou River).

radical

瓦 wǎ

tile; earthenware

The earthenware radical 瓦 fixes the meaning: 瓯 is a small pottery vessel, grouped with other clay-ware characters.

phonetic

区 qū

area; region

Provides the sound, an older reading near ōu. The same phonetic appears in 欧 and 鸥 in the ōu sound family.

瓯 ōu