娃
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Translingual
Han character
娃 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女土土 (VGG), four-corner 44414, composition ⿰女圭)
Derived characters
- 㥨 𣕁
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 261, character 29
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6262
- Dae Jaweon: page 528, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1042, character 6
- Unihan data for U+5A03
Chinese
| trad. | 娃 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 娃 | |
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): semantic 女 + phonetic 圭 (OC *kʷeː).
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Gan (Wiktionary): ua4 / ua1
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): va1
- Northern Min (KCR): uá
- Eastern Min (BUC): uă
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1ua
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ua2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: wá
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄚˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wá
- Wade–Giles: wa2
- Yale: wá
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wa
- Palladius: ва (va)
- Sinological IPA (key): /wä³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (娃兒 / 娃儿)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: wár
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄚˊㄦ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wár
- Wade–Giles: wa2-ʼrh
- Yale: wár
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wal
- Palladius: вар (var)
- Sinological IPA (key): /wɑɻ³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: wa2
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ua
- Sinological IPA (key): /ua²¹/
- (Xi'an)
- Guanzhong Pinyin: wā
- Sinological IPA (key): /ua⁵⁵/
- (Dungan)
- (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: waa1
- Yale: wā
- Cantonese Pinyin: waa1
- Guangdong Romanization: wa1
- Sinological IPA (key): /waː⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: va1
- Sinological IPA (key): /va³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Gan
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vâ
- Hakka Romanization System: vaˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: va1
- Sinological IPA: /va²⁴/
- (Meixian)
- Guangdong: va1
- Sinological IPA: /ʋa⁴⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Jin
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: uá
- Sinological IPA (key): /ua⁵⁴/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oa
- Tâi-lô: ua
- Phofsit Daibuun: oaf
- IPA (Xiamen): /ua⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ua³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ua⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /ua⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ua⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: ua1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ua
- Sinological IPA (key): /ua³³/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- Xiang
- Middle Chinese: 'ea
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*qreː/
Definitions
娃
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) beautiful
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) beautiful girl
- girl; lady; female
- child; kid; infant
- 娃子 [Guanzhong Mandarin] ― wázi [Guanzhong Pinyin] ― boy
- child (son or daughter)
- (regional) son
- (regional) young animal
- doll
- 洋娃娃 ― yángwáwa ― doll
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 小孩 (“child; kid”) [map]
Dialectal synonyms of 兒女 (“sons and daughters; children”) [map]
Dialectal synonyms of 兒子 (“son”) [map]
Compounds
- 仙娃
- 僮娃
- 吉娃娃 (jíwáwa)
- 吳娃 / 吴娃
- 吳娃越豔 / 吴娃越艳
- 夏娃 (Xiàwá)
- 大頭娃娃 / 大头娃娃
- 女娃 (nǚwá)
- 奶娃
- 娃兒 / 娃儿 (wár)
- 娃娃 (wáwa)
- 姣娃
- 娃娃氣 / 娃娃气
- 娃娃生
- 娃娃臉 / 娃娃脸 (wáwaliǎn)
- 娃娃裝 / 娃娃装
- 娃娃車 / 娃娃车
- 娃娃魚 / 娃娃鱼 (wáwayú)
- 娃子 (wázi)
- 娃草
- 娵娃
- 嬌娃 / 娇娃
- 官娃
- 宮娃 / 宫娃
- 小娃
- 小娃娃 (xiǎowáwa)
- 市娃
- 懷娃娃 / 怀娃娃
- 拴娃娃
- 村娃
- 李娃傳 / 李娃传
- 樹娃子 / 树娃子
- 泥娃娃 (níwáwa)
- 洋娃娃 (yángwáwa)
- 生娃 (shēngwá)
- 碎娃
- 細娃 / 细娃
- 虔娃
- 豬娃 / 猪娃
- 豬娃子 / 猪娃子
- 賊娃子 / 贼娃子 (zéiwázi)
- 金娃娃
- 閨娃 / 闺娃
- 雞娃 / 鸡娃 (jīwá)
- 館娃 / 馆娃
- 館娃宮 / 馆娃宫
- 魚娃 / 鱼娃
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: guì
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: guèi
- Wade–Giles: kuei4
- Yale: gwèi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guey
- Palladius: гуй (guj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: wá
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄚˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wá
- Wade–Giles: wa2
- Yale: wá
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wa
- Palladius: ва (va)
- Sinological IPA (key): /wä³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Definitions
娃
- a surname
Japanese
Kanji
娃
- beautiful (used only for names)
Readings
Etymology
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 娃 |
| あい Jinmeiyō |
| kan'on |
Sino-Japanese.
The 漢音 (kan'on) reading, so likely a later borrowing.
Affix
娃 • (ai)
Korean
Hanja
娃 • (wae) (hangeul 왜)
Vietnamese
Han character
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