桶 tǒng bucket
bucket; pail; can; barrel
怎么记住“桶”: 木 tree + 甬 bell = bucket. Under the apple tree, the farmer rings a little bell, and the children come running with an empty bucket for the fallen apples.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
桶 = 木 tree + 甬 bell
- 木 tree meaning
- 甬 bell sound
Under the apple tree, the farmer rings a little bell, and the children come running with an empty bucket for the fallen apples.
How it came to be
In the small seal form, wood gives the meaning and the right part the sound.
用法
- 'Bucket, barrel, pail, keg': 一桶水 (yì tǒng shuǐ) a bucket of water, and also a measure word for barrel-fuls.
- 垃圾桶 (lājītǒng) = trash can; 马桶 (mǎtǒng) = toilet (bowl).
- With the 木 (wood) radical historically, though modern buckets are often plastic or metal.