IDENTITY
釜fǔcauldron; pot
HSK 6Top 2600
CORE MEANING
cauldron; pot
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.cauldronHSK6
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 金metal radical (jīn)
- strokes
- 10
- Structure
- top-bottom compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿱父⿻王丷
- gives the sound fǔ
- metal
- part of the structure
- part of the structure
USAGE
Common words
破釜沉舟pòfǔchénzhōuto burn one’s bridges
Graded examples
破釜沉舟，表示决心很大。Pòfǔchénzhōu, biǎoshì juéxīn hěn dà.HSK6
“Breaking the cauldrons and sinking the boats” shows great determination.
RELATIONS
In these chengyu
Lookalike — don’t mix up
POEM LINES WITH THIS CHARACTER
LEARNING
Memory aid
A metal (金) pot once hung over the fire (父) — the cauldron.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #2600
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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