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瓮
甕
wèng
1. pottery container for water, wine etc
Common • Top 18% ✏️ 9 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

瓮
wèng
urn, earthen jar
8 丶

Compound Words (12)

瓮棺
wèngguān
funerary urn
瓮城
wèngchéng
enceinte of a city gate
瓮菜
wèngcài
variant of [[蕹菜<wèngcài>]]
瓮安
Wèngān
Wengan county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture [[黔南州<Qiánnánzhōu>]], Guizhou
瓮棺葬
wèngguānzàng
urn burial
瓮安县
Wèngānxiàn
Wengan county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture [[黔南州<Qiánnánzhōu>]], Guizhou
请君入瓮
qǐngjūnrùwèng
lit. please Sir, get into the boiling pot (idiom)
瓮中之鳖
wèngzhōngzhībiē
lit. like a turtle in a jar
瓮中捉鳖
wèngzhōngzhuōbiē
to catch a turtle in a jar (idiom); to set oneself an easy target
瓮声瓮气
wèngshēngwèngqì
to speak in a low muffled voice (idiom)
蓬户瓮牖
pénghùwèngyǒu
thatched house, broken urn windows (idiom); poor person's house
好酒沉瓮底
hǎojiǔchénwèngdǐ
lit. the best wine is at the bottom of the jug (idiom)

Alternate Entries

瓮
wèng
variant of [[甕|瓮<wèng>]] / earthen jar / urn
瓮
Wèng
surname Weng
瓮
wèng
variant of [[甕|瓮<wèng>]]

Metadata

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Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
3,872
Word Frequency Rank
15,004 of 84,292

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