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哇

哇 U+54C7, 哇
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54C7
← 哆
[U+54C6] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 哈 →
[U+54C8]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

哇 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 口土土 (RGG), four-corner 64014, composition ⿰口圭)

References edit

  • 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 edit

simp. and trad.
 哇

Glyph origin edit

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).

Pronunciation edit

Note: wa - particle.
Note: neutral tone.
Rime
Character 哇 哇
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 影 (34) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 佳 (31) 麻 (99)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division (等) II II
Fanqie 於佳切 烏瓜切
Baxter 'ea 'wae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʔˠɛ/ /ʔˠua/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʔᵚæ/ /ʔʷᵚa/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʔæi/ /ʔua/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʔaɨj/ /ʔwaɨ/
Li
Rong 		/ʔɛ/ /ʔua/
Wang
Li 		/ai/ /wa/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ʔai/ /ʔwa/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yā wā
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		aai1 waa1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 哇 哇
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 4544 4554
Phonetic
component 		圭 圭
Rime
group 		支 魚
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		娃 窊
Old
Chinese 		/*qreː/ /*qʷraː/

Definitions edit

哇

  1. Interjection indicating surprise or amazement: wow!, gee
    哇！你的樣子太酷了！ [MSC, trad.]
    哇！你的样子太酷了！ [MSC, simp.]
    Wā! Nǐ de yàngzi tài kù le! [Pinyin]
    Wow! You look terrific!
  2. (onomatopoeia) sound of crying
  3. (onomatopoeia) sound of vomiting
  4. (Classical) to vomit
    其兄自外至，曰：『是鶃鶃之肉也。』出而哇之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
    其兄自外至，曰：『是𱊄𱊄之肉也。』出而哇之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
    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.
  5. Sentence-final particle: Equivalent of 啊 (a). Only used after words ending in -u, -ao.
    好哇！  ―  Hǎo wa!  ―  hurray!

Synonyms edit

  • (wow): (Cantonese) 嘩／哗
  • (sentence-final particle):
    • 啊 (ā) after -ng, ci, zi, si, chi, zhi, shi
    • 呀 (yā) after -a, -o, -e, -i, -ü
    • 哪 (nǎ) after -n

Compounds edit

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

哇

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Korean edit

Hanja edit

哇 (eum 와 (wa))

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Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

哇: Hán Nôm readings: oa, òa/oà

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