I. There is only one pronunciation of the character urn, and the pinyin is wèng, which is a post-nasal, fourth tone.

2. Basic interpretation?

1. A type of earthenware vessel for holding things, with a large belly: a water urn. Wine urn. Vegetable urn.

2. (Wèng) surname.

3. The structure of the character urn is upper and lower, and the radical is tile.

4, the group words are urn city, silver urn, 瓮鉴, preserved urn, urn finely chopped, iron urn, holding urn, urn man, treasure urn, urn essence, urn under, brewing urn, cocoon urn, lifting urn and so on.

I. Evolution of Characters

II. Explanation of Characters

The Mandarin version of Shuowen Jiezi (说文解字): urn, poppy, too. From the tile, the public sound.

The vernacular version of "Shuo Wen Jie Zi": urn, poppy-like pottery. The character form adopts "瓦" as the side and "公" as the sound.

Three related words

1, urn sky

[wèng tiān]?

The sky viewed in the urn. It is said to be confined to a very small place and to be short-sighted.

2. Bi urn

[bì wèng]?

Referring to ? Bi Zhuo? the theft of drinking. Later borrowed to refer to the addiction to alcohol, drunkenness.

3. urn man

[wèng rén]?

Also known as "urn people". Ancient name for black people.

4, urn Jian

[wèng jiàn]?

The name of the grade of icing (icing sugar).

5, silver urn

[yín wèng]?

Silver wine containers. Ancient legends often thought of as auspicious. Political peace, then the silver urn out.