窊

窊	U+7A8A, 窊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7A8A

← 窉
[U+7A89]

CJK Unified Ideographs

窋 →
[U+7A8B]

Translingual

Han character

窊 (Kangxi radical 116, 穴+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 十金竹女人 (JCHVO), four-corner 3023₂, composition ⿱穴瓜)

Derived characters

𠹁, 搲, 溛, 𦞭, 䠚, 𦫪

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 864, character 26
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25467
Dae Jaweon: page 1292, character 24
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2726, character 8
Unihan data for U+7A8A

Chinese

trad.		窊
simp. ^#		窊

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (瓜) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
瓜	*kʷraː
坬	*kʷraːs
窊	qʷraː, qʷraːs
畖	*qʷraː
搲	*qʷraːs
攨	*qʷraːs
孤	*kʷaː
苽	*kʷaː
胍	*kʷaː
泒	*kʷaː
呱	*kʷaː
觚	*kʷaː
柧	*kʷaː
罛	*kʷaː
軱	*kʷaː
菰	*kʷaː
箛	*kʷaː
狐	*ɡʷaː
弧	*ɡʷlaː

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wā (wa¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waa¹

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/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: waa¹
  - Yale: wā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wa¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /waː⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: 'wae, 'waeH

Rime
Character	窊	窊
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	麻 (99)	麻 (99)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	烏瓜切	烏㕦切
Baxter	'wae	'waeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠua/	/ʔˠua^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷᵚa/	/ʔʷᵚa^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔua/	/ʔua^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔwaɨ/	/ʔwaɨ^H/
Li Rong	/ʔua/	/ʔua^H/
Wang Li	/wa/	/wa^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔwa/	/ʔwa^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wā	wà
Expected Cantonese Reflex	waa¹	waa³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qʷraː/, /*qʷraːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	窊	窊
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	4342	4344
Phonetic component	瓜	瓜
Rime group	魚	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*qʷraː/	/*qʷraːs/
Notes		廣韻化作口下大

Definitions

窊

pit, vault
to store in a pit
lowland swamp
(Cantonese) arm (body)

Japanese

Kanji

窊

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): わ (wa)、え (e)
Kun: くぼむ (kubomu)

Korean

Hanja

窊 • (wa) (hangeul 와, revised wa, McCune–Reischauer wa, Yale wa)

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