罐
Tap the pinyin to hear it
can; jar; pot
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 23
- Radical
- 缶 +18
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 罐
- Common rank
- #2,054
- Unicode
- U+7F50
Sound it out + + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How 罐 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
缶 meaning “jar” + 雚 sound ()
Components 缶 雚
How to remember it
jar · Heisig RSH #2881
tin can + stork
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 罐
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 罐头起子 | can opener | |
| 罐头笑声 | canned laughter; laugh track | |
| 开罐器 | can opener | |
| 油罐车 | oil tanker truck; fuel tanker | |
| 拔火罐儿 | erhua variant of 拔火罐[ba2 huo3 guan4] | |
| 易拉罐 | pull-top can; easy-open can (with ring-pull) | |
| 易开罐 | (Tw) pull-top can; easy-open can (with ring-pull) | |
| 氧化罐 | Hopcalite canister; Hopcalite cartridge | |
| 罐子 | jar; pitcher; pot | |
| 水罐 | container for holding and pouring water (or other liquid): jug, pitcher, clay jar, jerry c… | |
| 罐头 | tin; can; CL:個|个[ge4] | |
| 拔罐子 | to practice cupping (technique used in TCM) | |
| 存钱罐 | piggy bank; coin bank; money box | |
| 罐车 | (road) tanker truck; (rail) tank car; tank wagon | |
| 拔罐法 | fire cupping (acupressure technique of Chinese medicine, with fired vacuum cup applied to … | |
| 拔火罐 | (TCM) to cup; to give a cupping treatment; short detachable stove chimney used to help dra… | |
| 储气罐 | gas tank (for gas, not gasoline) | |
| 铁罐 | metal pot | |
| 罐装 | canned (food, coffee etc) | |
| 药罐 | pot for decocting herbal medicine |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 雚 — compare how they read.