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瓯

甌
ōu
noun #44,783

Meanings

  1. 1 small bowl
  2. 2 cup
  3. 3 drinking vessel
  4. 4 old name for Wenzhou

Examples

HSK 5
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.
HSK 7-9
浙江的温州古称瓯。
Zhèjiāng de Wēnzhōu gǔ chēng Ōu.
Wenzhou in Zhejiang was anciently called Ou.

Tips

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).

Components

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.

Stroke Order

瓯 ōu