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鬶

鬹
guī
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (archaic) an ancient pottery cooking vessel with three hollow legs, a handle, and a spout

Examples

HSK 7-9
博物馆里陈列着一件新石器时代的陶鬶。
Bówùguǎn lǐ chénliè zhe yíjiàn xīnshíqì shídài de táo guī.
The museum displays a Neolithic pottery gui with three hollow legs and a spout.

Tips

history
Not used in modern Chinese except in archaeology, where 陶鬶 names a distinctive three-legged pouring vessel of the Dawenkou and Longshan cultures; built on the cauldron radical 鬲.
register
Archaic and technical only - seen in archaeology writing and museum labels, not in everyday language.

Components

radical
鬲 lì
an ancient tripod cooking pot
The 鬲 at the bottom is itself an ancient hollow-legged cauldron; it gives the core meaning - a three-legged pottery cooking and pouring vessel.
phonetic
规 guī
compass; rule; here phonetic
The top is the 规 element serving as the phonetic, supplying the sound guī with no compass meaning carried into this vessel name.

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Stroke Order

鬶 guī