釜 (fu2 | fu3) : cauldron; pot; kettle

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釜

fu2

fu3

[1] cauldron; pot; kettle [2] an ancient unit of capacity

Stroke count: 10

Level: 3

Radical: (#167)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

釜

This word has been viewed 3317 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Steph_fr on 6th Jul 2007 04:27 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:47

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破釜沉舟 po3 fu2 cam4 zau1 = to show determination

破釜沈舟 po3 fu2 cam4 zau1 po4 fu3 chen2 zhou1 = variant of 破釜沉舟

釜山 fu2 saan1 fu3 shan1 = Pusan, Busan (South Korea)

瓦釜雷鳴 ngaa5 fu2 leoi4 ming4 wa3 fu3 lei2 ming2 = mediocre people are in power (earthenware pots making a lot of noise)

釜底抽薪 fu2 dai2 cau1 san1 fu3 di3 chou1 xin1 = strike at the root

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Decimal representation of this word: 釜
Unicode code for this character: U+91dc (off-site link)

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