[[Characters]] #Characters \ #Natural-World \ #Food-and-Drinks # 釜 fǔ a kind of cauldron ## Components [[父 fù]] [[父 (fù)]] [[金 jīn]] [[金 (jīn)]] ## Meaning Today, the character "釜" (fǔ) is not commonly used in modern Chinese. However, it historically referred to a type of cooking vessel, similar to a pot or cauldron, typically used for boiling or cooking food. ## History The character "釜" (fǔ) is a compound ideogram. In oracle bone script, it depicted a pottery vessel, indicating that the original "釜" was made of pottery. The component "父" (fù) provides the phonetic aspect, representing a tool originally depicted as an axe, indicating that the "釜" was a cooking utensil. In small seal script, it changed to depict a metal vessel, indicating that "釜" was made of metal. In clerical and regular script, the radical "金" (metal) was simplified. "釜" is similar to a modern pot or cauldron. ## Evolution ### Oracular Script ？ ### Bronze Script ![[釜 bronce.svg]] ### Seal Script ![[釜 sello.svg]] ### Clerical Script ![[釜 cle.svg]] ### Regular Script ![[釜 reg.svg]]