Chinese symbol for “urn”
瓮
wèng
variant of 瓮 (wèng); earthen jar; urn
The closest CC-CEDICT match for urn is 瓮 (wèng), defined as: variant of 瓮 (wèng); earthen jar; urn.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “urn”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 瓮.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 瓮城 (甕城) | wèng chéng | enceinte of a city gate; barbican entrance to a city |
| 瓮中之鳖 (甕中之鱉) | wèng zhōng zhī biē | lit. like a turtle in a jar; to be trapped (idiom) |
| 瓮中捉鳖 (甕中捉鱉) | wèng zhōng zhuō biē | (lit.) to catch a turtle in a jar (idiom); (fig.) to go after easy prey |
| 请君入瓮 (請君入甕) | qǐng jūn rù wèng | lit. please Sir, get into the boiling pot (idiom); fig. to give sb a taste of his own medicine |
| 瓮棺 (甕棺) | wèng guān | funerary urn |
| 瓮棺葬 (甕棺葬) | wèng guān zàng | urn burial |
See also: Japanese symbol for “urn”.
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.