甑

甑 · zèng

boiler for steaming rice, pot

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
zèng
Cantonese
zang6
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

boiler for steaming rice, pot

Dictionary definitions & readings

甑 zèng · cauldron; rice pot

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
21432.080:zèng Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1446.080:zèng Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
461.140:zèng Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
zèng粵zang6 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ソウ ショウ ジョウ こしき Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
증:0N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
子孕 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
CAMVN Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
8161.7 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0752.110 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
433.11 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0884k Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+7511
Radical
瓦 · 98
Strokes
16
Residual strokes
12
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6169

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

16 strokes
甑
Strokes
16
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

16 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
tsingH · 子孕 · 曾開三去蒸精 · #3008

PHONO-ML, source line 15715; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
905.103
kCowles
4492.5
kDaeJaweon
1159.280
kFennIndex
81.08 551.02
kGSR
0884k
kHanYu
21432.080
kIRGDaeJaweon
1159.280
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
21432.080
kIRGKangXi
0752.110
kKangXi
0752.110
kMatthews
6765
kMeyerWempe
3274c
kMorohashi
21602:E0106
kSBGY
433.11
kSMSZD2003Index
435.09
kCangjie
CAMVN
kFenn
832H
kFourCornerCode
8161.7
kMojiJoho
MJ017599 MJ017599:E0104 MJ017601:E0105 MJ017600:E0106 MJ017602:E0107
kPhonetic
68
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
AGJKP
kIRG_GSource
G0-6A35
kIRG_HSource
HB2-ED70
kIRG_JSource
J0-3979
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-EAC9
kIRG_KSource
K0-7177
kIRG_TSource
T2-5D5C
kRSUnicode
98.12
kTotalStrokes
16
kBigFive
ED70
kCCCII
225D2C
kCNS1986
2-5D5C
kCNS1992
2-5D5C
kEACC
225D2C
kGB0
7421
kGB1
7421
kJis0
2589
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
3920
kTGH
2013:6169
kTaiwanTelegraph
3920
kXerox
267:346
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+2059+98.5.11 V+7684+98.5.12 V+13778+98.5.12 V+20284+98.5.12
kCantonese
zang6
kDefinition
boiler for steaming rice, pot
kFanqie
子孕
kHangul
증:0N
kHanyuPinyin
21432.080:zèng
kJapanese
ソウ ショウ ジョウ こしき
kJapaneseKun
KOSHIKI
kJapaneseOn
SOU
kKorean
CUNG
kMandarin
zèng
kSMSZD2003Readings
zèng粵zang6
kTGHZ2013
461.140:zèng
kTang
tziə̀ng
kXHC1983
1446.080:zèng

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Structure & connections

0.10
1dictionary records using 甑0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
曾 beside 瓦 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰曾瓦$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰曾瓦$(GHTJKP)

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