哇
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Translingual
Han character
哇 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 口土土 (RGG), four-corner 64014, composition ⿰口圭)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 189, character 5
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3593
- Dae Jaweon: page 408, character 11
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 611, character 5
- Unihan data for U+54C7
Chinese
| simp. and trad. |
哇 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (圭) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| 街 | *kreː, *kreː |
| 鞋 | *ɡreː, *ɡreː, *ɡreː |
| 娾 | *ŋreː, *ŋreːʔ |
| 佳 | *kreː |
| 鮭 | *ɡreː, *kʷeː, *kʰʷeː |
| 涯 | *ŋreː, *ŋre |
| 崖 | *ŋreː, *ŋre |
| 啀 | *ŋreː |
| 厓 | *ŋreː |
| 捱 | *ŋreː |
| 睚 | *ŋreːs |
| 娃 | *qreː |
| 洼 | *qreː, *qʷraː, *kʷeː |
| 哇 | *qreː, *qʷraː |
| 胿 | *ɡeː, *kʷeː |
| 溎 | *qeːns |
| 觟 | *ɡʷraːʔ |
| 黊 | *ɡʷraːʔ, *ɡʷreːs, *ɡʷeː |
| 蘳 | *ɡʷraːʔ, *qʰʷe |
| 蛙 | *qʷraː, *qʷreː |
| 窪 | *qʷraː |
| 卦 | *kʷreːs |
| 挂 | *kʷreːs |
| 掛 | *kʷreːs |
| 詿 | *kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs |
| 罣 | *kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs, *kʷeːs |
| 絓 | *kʰʷreː, *ɡʷreːs |
| 鼃 | *ɢʷreː, *qʷreː |
| 圭 | *kʷeː |
| 珪 | *kʷeː |
| 邽 | *kʷeː |
| 閨 | *kʷeː |
| 袿 | *kʷeː |
| 窐 | *kʷeː, *ɡʷeː |
| 茥 | *kʷeː, *kʰʷeː |
| 桂 | *kʷeːs |
| 筀 | *kʷeːs |
| 奎 | *kʰʷeː |
| 刲 | *kʰʷeː |
| 蝰 | *kʰʷeː |
| 楏 | *kʰʷeː |
| 睳 | *qʰʷeː |
| 畦 | *ɡʷeː |
| 眭 | *ɡʷeː, *sqʰʷe, *qʰʷe, *qʰʷi |
| 烓 | *qʷeː, *kʰʷeːŋʔ |
| 跬 | *kʰʷeʔ |
| 恚 | *qʷes |
| 硅 | *qʰʷreɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qreː, *qʷraː): semantic 口 + phonetic 圭 (OC *kʷeː).
Originally, the phonetic component is not related to the concept of earth (土) since in its original form it represents a pair of ritual axes perhaps made of jade 士. Hence, the link to the concept of earth in this character either comes from folk etymology or its appearance in the Small Seal script.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: wā
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄚ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wa
- Wade–Giles: wa1
- Yale: wā
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ua
- Palladius: ва (va)
- Sinological IPA (key): /wä⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: wa
- Zhuyin: ˙ㄨㄚ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wå
- Wade–Giles: wa5
- Yale: wa
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .ua
- Palladius: ва (va)
- Sinological IPA (key): /wä/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Note: wa - particle.
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: waa1
- Yale: wā
- Cantonese Pinyin: waa1
- Guangdong Romanization: wa1
- Sinological IPA (key): /waː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ôa
- Hakka Romanization System: uaˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: ua1
- Sinological IPA: /u̯a²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
Note: neutral tone.
- Middle Chinese: 'ea, 'wae
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*qreː/, /*qʷraː/
Definitions
哇
- Interjection indicating surprise or amazement: wow!, gee
- (onomatopoeia) sound of crying
- (onomatopoeia) sound of vomiting
- (Classical) to vomit
- 其兄自外至，曰：『是鶃鶃之肉也。』出而哇之。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
- From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE
- Qí xiōng zì wài zhì, yuē: ‘Shì yìyì zhī ròu yě.’ Chū ér wā zhī. [Pinyin]
- Just then his brother came into the house, and said, "It is the flesh of that cackling thing," upon which he went out and vomited it.
其兄自外至，曰：『是𱊄𱊄之肉也。』出而哇之。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
- Sentence-final particle: Equivalent of 啊 (a). Only used after words ending in -u, -ao.
- 好哇！ ― Hǎo wa! ― hurray!
Synonyms
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
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Readings
- Go-on: え (e)←ゑ (we, historical)
- Kan-on: あい (ai)、わ (wa)
- Kun: よこしま (yokoshima)、はく (haku, 哇く)、むせぶ (musebu)
Korean
Hanja
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Vietnamese
Han character
哇: Hán Nôm readings: oa, òa/oà
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