哇
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Wow!; sound of a child's crying; sound of vomiting
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,404 U+54C7
How 哇 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
口 (semantic, “mouth”) + 圭 (phonetic, guī)
How to remember it
waaah! · Heisig RSH #165
口 mouth + bricks
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 圭
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 圭 (guī) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 圭 sound component | guī | jade tablet |
| 挂 | guà | to suspend, to put up, to hang; suspense |
| 鞋 | xié | shoes, footwear in general |
| 街 | jiē | street, road, thoroughfare |
| 佳 | jiā | good, auspicious; beautiful; delightful |
| 桂 | guì | cassia, cinnamon |
| 硅 | guī | silicon |
| 闺 | guī | women's quarters; lady's apartment |
| 蛙 | wā | frog |
| 奎 | kuí | a man's stride; a constellation |
| 卦 | guà | divination, fortune-telling |
| 洼 | wā | pit, hollow, depression; swamp |
| 畦 | qí | sections in a vegetable farm |
| 眭 | suī | a piercing gaze; the evil eye |
| 筀 | guì | bamboo (archaic) |
| 絓 | guà | to hinder, to obstruct |
| 鲑 | guī | salmon; Spheroides vermicularis |
| 恚 | huì | anger, rage |
| 诖 | guà | error, mistake; to deceive, to mislead |
Words containing 哇
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 松巴哇岛 | Sōng bā wā Dǎo | Sumbawa, Indonesian island east of Java |
| 哇沙比 | wā shā bǐ | wasabi (loanword) (Tw) |
| 哇沙米 | wā shā mǐ | wasabi (loanword) (Tw) |
| 松巴哇 | Sōng bā wā | Sumbawa, Indonesian island east of Java |
| 卡哇伊 | kǎ wā yī | cute; adorable; charming (loanword from Japanese) |
| 卡哇依 | kǎ wā yī | variant of 卡哇伊[ka3 wa1 yi1] |
| 爪哇八哥 | Zhǎo wā bā ge | (bird species of China) Javan myna (Acridotheres javanicus) |
| 好哇 | hǎo wā | hurray!; hurrah!; yippee! |
| 爪哇国 | Zhǎo wā guó | ancient state located in present-day Java 爪哇[Zhao3 wa1]; (fig.) somewhere remote, inaccess… |
| 中爪哇 | Zhōng Zhǎo wā | Central Java, province of Indonesia |
| 西爪哇 | Xī Zhǎo wā | West Java, province of Indonesia |
| 爪哇岛 | Zhǎo wā Dǎo | Java (island of Indonesia) |
| 哇塞 | wā sāi | (slang) wow!; also pr. [wa1sei1] |
| 爪哇池鹭 | Zhǎo wā chí lù | (bird species of China) Javan pond heron (Ardeola speciosa) |
| 爪哇禾雀 | Zhǎo wā hé què | (bird species of China) Java sparrow (Lonchura oryzivora) |
| 哇靠 | wā kào | (Tw) whoa!; holy crap! jeez! (from Taiwanese 我哭, Tai-lo pr. [goá khàu], "I cry!") |
| 爪哇 | Zhǎo wā | Java (island of Indonesia) |
| 哇哇 | wā wā | sound of crying |
| 哇噻 | wā sāi | variant of 哇塞[wa1 sai1] |