瓦罐 (wǎ guàn) — earthen jar; crock | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

earthen jarcrock

Measure word · 个

瓦罐。
Tā yòng wǎ guàn zhuāng le hěn duō mǐ.
He used an earthen jar to store a lot of rice.
瓦罐。
Zhè ge wǎ guàn shì gǔ dài rén yòng lái zhǔ tāng de.
This crock was used by ancient people to cook soup.
瓦罐。
Chú fáng lǐ yǒu yí gè dà wǎ guàn.
There is a large earthen jar in the kitchen.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

瓦wǎearthenware

瓦 marks the earthenware material, and 罐 names the jar.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

瓦’s shape is a picture of fired earthenware pottery or a tile.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

缶雚罐

Meaning part形符xíngfú

缶缶fǒupottery

Sound part声符shēngfú

雚

雚guàn罐guàn(r)

Same sound today

The left part 缶 shows pottery, while the right part 雚 gives the pronunciation.