Chinese symbol for “cauldron”
甑
zèng
cauldron; rice pot
The closest CC-CEDICT match for cauldron is 甑 (zèng), defined as: cauldron; rice pot.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “cauldron”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 锅 (鍋) | guō | pot; pan; wok; cauldron; pot-shaped thing |
| 锅子 (鍋子) | guō zi | pot; pan; wok; cauldron; pot-shaped thing |
| 釜 | fǔ | kettle; cauldron |
| 大锅 (大鍋) | dà guō | a big wok; cauldron |
| 大釜 | dà fǔ | cauldron |
See also: Japanese symbol for “cauldron”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.