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The character 瓯 (traditional 甌) is composed of the pottery radical 瓦 on the right, which signals its association with ceramics, and the phonetic component 区 (區) on the left. It originally denoted small earthenware or porcelain vessels, basins, bowls, or cups, for tea and other liquids, and later became the abbreviation for Wenzhou and the name of the Ou River in Zhejiang, linking the object to local history.
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