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瓯

ōu

Character Traditional 甌

What 瓯 means

1. (pottery) bowl or drinking vessel

Other readings

瓯 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Ōuold name for Wenzhou City {温州市|Wēn zhōu shì} in Zhejiang {浙江|Zhè jiāng}

Words starting with 瓯

• 瓯海区Ōu hǎi QūOuhai, a district of Wenzhou City 温州市
• 瓯海Ōu hǎisee 瓯海区

Words containing 瓯

• 金瓯Jīn ŌuCa Mau, Vietnam
• 建瓯市Jiàn ōu ShìJian'ou, a county-level city in Nanping City 南平市
• 建瓯Jiàn ōusee 建瓯市

Characters built on 区

These share the phonetic component 区 (qū), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 欧ōuohm (abbr. for 欧姆; euro (abbr. for 欧元; used in transliteration
• 殴ōuto beat up; to hit sb
• 呕ǒuvomit
• 鸥ōucommon gull
• 抠kōuto dig; to pick; to scratch (with a finger or sth pointed); to carve; to cut…
• 讴ōuto sing; ballad; folk song
• 怄òuto annoy; to irritate; to be annoyed
• 沤ōububble; froth

Characters that look like 瓯

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 贩fànto deal in; to buy and sell; to trade in
• 狱yùprison
• 旺wàngprosperous; flourishing; (of flowers) blooming
• 贬biǎnto diminish; to demote; to reduce or devaluate
• 昵nìfamiliar; intimate; to approach
• 盹dǔndoze; nap

Sounds the same

Read ōu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 欧ohm (abbr. for 欧姆; euro (abbr. for 欧元; used in transliteration
• 殴to beat up; to hit sb
• 鸥common gull
• 沤bubble; froth
• 讴to sing; ballad; folk song
• 𬉼severe drought; exceptionally hot weather
• 区surname Ou