Memory phrase for the character: 瓮

瓮

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Meaning earthen jar, pottery container for water/wine, urn

Pronunciation

wèng

Explanation

Top: public 公 (eight 八 noses 厶 form public), bottom: roof tile 瓦 (image of inter-hooked tiles; here: symbol for earthenware)

Mnemonic
 
It is for the 'eight noses' and earthenware: the jar.

Radicals

公 public
瓦 tile
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 Vocabulary

蓬户瓮牖 péng hù wèng yǒu  thatched house, broken urn windows (idiom); poor person's house; humble home
蓬户瓮牖 péng hù wèng yǒu  
瓮声瓮气 wèng shēng wèng qì  to speak in a low muffled voice (idiom)
瓮声瓮气 wèng shēng wèng qì  to speak in a low muffled voice (idiom)
瓮中捉鳖 wèng zhōng zhuō biē  to catch a turtle in a jar (idiom); to set oneself an easy target; a turkey shoot
瓮中捉鳖 wèng zhōng zhuō biē  

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