锅

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pot; pan; wok; cauldron; pot-shaped thing; CL:口[kou3],隻|只[zhi1]

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

钅 meaning “metal” + 呙 sound ( wāi )

Components 钅呙

pot · Heisig RSH #2366

metal + esophagus

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
上刀山，下油锅	shàng dāo shān , xià yóu guō	lit. to climb mountains of swords and enter cauldrons of boiling oil (idiom); fig. to go t…
石头火锅	shí tou huǒ guō	claypot (used in cooking)
罗锅儿	luó guō r	erhua variant of 羅鍋\|罗锅[luo2 guo1]
二锅头	èr guō tóu	erguotou (sorghum liquor)
一品锅	yī pǐn guō	dish containing a variety of meats and vegetables arranged in a broth in a clay pot; chafi…
回锅油	huí guō yóu	reused cooking oil
反应锅	fǎn yìng guō	(chemical engineering) reaction vessel; reaction tank
吃大锅饭	chī dà guō fàn	lit. to eat from the common pot (idiom); fig. to be rewarded the same, regardless of perfo…
平底锅	píng dǐ guō	frying pan
大锅	dà guō	a big wok; cauldron
锅子	guō zi	pot; pan; wok; cauldron; pot-shaped thing; hotpot
高压锅	gāo yā guō	pressure cooker
压力锅	yā lì guō	pressure cooker
回锅肉	huí guō ròu	twice-cooked pork
电锅	diàn guō	(Tw) electric rice cooker
分锅	fēn guō	(dialect) to set up separate households; (sports etc) to analyze the reasons for a defeat
背黑锅	bēi hēi guō	to be made a scapegoat; to be unjustly blamed
下锅	xià guō	to put into the pot (to cook)
平锅	píng guō	pan
锅烧意面	guō shāo yì miàn	nabeyaki egg noodles

Characters sharing the sound component 呙 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
呙 sound part	wāi	to chat, to gossip, to jaw, to talk; mouth
窝	wō	cave, den, nest; hiding place; measure word for small animals
祸	huò	misfortune, disaster, calamity
蜗	wō	snail; Eulota callizoma
剐	guǎ	to cut; to sever flesh from bone
娲	wā	a goddess, the mythological sister and successor to Fuxi
莴	wō	lettuce
埚	guō	crucible
脶	luó	fingerprint