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甏 is a phono-semantic character for a squat, wide-bellied earthenware jar used for storing liquids, grains, or preserved foods. The bottom component is the radical 瓦 (wǎ), which stands for pottery, earthenware, or tiles and here marks the container's material. The top component 彭 (péng) supplies the sound. This term is highly localized, appearing in regional dialects for everyday domestic storage containers, and its definition remains entirely bound to the physical pottery object.
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