盫 (ān) - Ancient vessel for holding food or wine & deep container

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盫 · ān

Ancient vessel for holding food or wine;

deep container;

archaic variant of 庵 (hermitage, hut).

Ancient vessel for holding food or winedeep containerarchaic variant of 庵 (hermitage, hut).

Usage highlights

Bronze vesselFood containerWine vesselAncient containerRitual vessel

Synonyms

  • 庵— hut, hermitage (variant meaning)
  • 器— vessel, container
  • 皿— vessel, dish

Usage & contexts

Examples

  • The ancient bronze vessel was a food container (青铜盫).
  • Archaeologists discovered a ritual wine vessel (礼器盫).
  • This character is an archaic form of hermitage (古同庵).

Collocations

  • Bronze vessel(青铜盫)
  • Food container(食盫)
  • Wine vessel(酒盫)
  • Ancient container(古盫)
  • Ritual vessel(礼盫)

Cultural background

FAQ
  • Appears in ancient bronze inscriptions as a type of ritual vessel.
  • Rarely used in modern Chinese, primarily found in archaeological and paleographic contexts.
  • Sometimes used as a variant form of 庵 meaning 'hut' or 'hermitage'.

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