壶

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pot; classifier for bottled liquid

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Formation & memory

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Pictograph (象形字)

A jar of wine

Components 士冖业

kettle · Heisig RSH #2757

士 soldier + crown + 业 profession

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
开水壶	kāi shuǐ hú	kettle
壶关县	Hú guān Xiàn	Huguan, a county in Changzhi City 長治市\|长治市[Chang2 zhi4 Shi4], Shanxi
电热壶	diàn rè hú	electric kettle
水烟壶	shuǐ yān hú	bong; water pipe (for tobacco etc); hookah
法压壶	Fǎ yā hú	French press; press pot
冰壶秋月	bīng hú qiū yuè	jade ice jug and autumn moon (idiom, from poem by Song writer Su Dongpo 蘇東坡\|苏东坡); fig. spo…
烧水壶	shāo shuǐ hú	kettle
水壶	shuǐ hú	kettle; canteen; watering can
开壶	kāi hú	to season a new teapot before first use; (sports, curling) to throw the first stone; to be…
砚水壶儿	yàn shuǐ hú r	water container for an ink slab
壶关	Hú guān	see 壺關縣\|壶关县[Hu2 guan1 Xian4]
悬壶济世	xuán hú jì shì	practice medicine or pharmacy to help the people or public
喷水壶	pēn shuǐ hú	watering can; sprinkling can
酒壶	jiǔ hú	wine pot; wine cup
鼻烟壶	bí yān hú	snuff bottle
提壶	tí hú	see 提壺蘆\|提壶芦[ti2 hu2 lu2]
夜壶	yè hú	chamber pot
冰壶	bīng hú	jade pot for cold water; curling (sport); curling puck
投壶	tóu hú	ancient banquet game of throwing arrows into a pot, the winner determined by the number of…
提壶芦	tí hú lú	unidentified type of bird referred to in ancient Chinese poems