How to write 缶

缶 [fǒu] 名词 1. 古代一种大肚子小口儿的盛酒瓦器。 (An ancient earthen jar with a big belly and small mouth used for holding wine.) 2. 盛酒浆的瓦器。大腹小口，有盖。也有铜制的。 (An earthen vessel for holding wine, with a large belly and small mouth, often covered. There are also copper versions.) 3. 汲水的瓦器。 (An earthware vessel for drawing water.) 4. (考古)∶一种陶瓷乐器。 (Archaeologically, a type of clay musical instrument.) 量词 1. 一种古容量单位，等于十六斗。一说三十二斗。 (An ancient unit of capacity equal to sixteen dou; alternatively, thirty-two dou.) 引 1. 《说文》：缶，瓦器所以盛酒浆，秦人鼓之以节歌。象形。 (From "Shuowen": "Fou" is an earthenware vessel for holding wine, which the Qin people used to drum in songs; it is pictographic.) 2. 《尔雅》：盎谓之缶。 (From "Erya": A "ang" is called a "fou".) 3. 《易·坎》：贰用缶。 (From "Yijing": To use a "fou" for second purposes.) 4. 《庄子·天地》：以二缶钟惑。按，钟聚也。 (From "Zhuangzi": To use two "fou" to confuse the bell, which denotes gathering.) 5. 《易·比》：有孚盈缶。郑注:“汲器。” (From "Yijing": Having faith and filling the "fou". Zhu Za: "Water-drawing vessel.") 6. 《诗·陈风·宛丘》：坎其击缶。 (From "Shijing": "Hit the fou with a drum.") 7. 《史记·李斯传》：击瓮叩缶。 (From "Records of the Grand Historian": "Strike the jar and knock the fou.") 8. 《礼记·礼器》：五献之尊，门外缶，门内壶。 (From "Liji": "The most respected of five offerings, the fou outside the door, and the hu inside.") 例 又如:缶米(一缶的米。即十六斗米) (Also, "fou rice" (rice of one fou, equal to sixteen dou).)