锅
guō · HSK 5
pot
🍳 锅 = 钅(metal) + 呙 (guō, phonetic) — a metal cooking pot
The 钅radical marks metal objects (woks, pans, pots are metal). The right side 呙 gives the sound guō. Same phonetic appears in 过 (guò) and 涡 (wō).
锅 — metal radical 钅 + 呙 (phonetic)
A semantic-phonetic compound. The metal radical 钅 (金) signals the meaning — a metal cooking vessel, i.e. a pot or wok. The right-hand component 呙 (guō/wāi) supplies the sound. Originally written 鍋 in traditional script, simplified to 锅 in modern mainland use.