Radical
Strokes
16
Residual strokes
12
Mandarin
zèng
Teochew

Glyph

Radical
Residual strokes
12 strokes
Strokes
16 strokes
Mandarin
zèng

Definitions by reading

zêng1
Mandarin equivalent zèng
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng zêng1 Chaoyang zêng1 Chenghai zêng1 Jieyang zêng1 Raoping zêng1 Shantou zêng1
①zèng
②古代蒸饭的一种瓦器。底部有许多透蒸气的孔格,置于鬲上蒸煮,如同现代的蒸锅:~尘釜鱼。
③〔~子〕现在蒸饭用的木制桶状物,有屉而无底。
④蒸馏或使物体分解用的器皿:曲颈~ 。
⑤古代做饭的一种瓦器。现在称蒸饭用的木制桶状物
⑥蒸馏用的器皿:曲颈甑
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English meaning

boiler for steaming rice, pot

GuangyunPhonological reconstruction

1
精母 三等 開口 蒸韵 去声 子孕切
Reconstruction:
Original

古史考曰:黃帝始作甑,子孕切四。