Chinese Character 哇 Meanings and components.

Form

哇

Meaning

哇 meaning[3] in English

Wow!.

Sound Of Child's Crying.

Sound Of Vomiting.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 哇 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are mouth (口) , and (old) jade tablet … (圭)

Its radical[1] is: 口 (kou3) which means: Mouth, Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc), Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls, .口kou3mouth

In cangjie it is written with RGG

How to write 哇

To write哇wa5Wow! you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 圭gui1(old) jade … arranged in a 吅 shape:

口 + 圭 = 哇

哇 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 哇 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 哇, looks as follow:

哇
Pinyin:wa5 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Wow! . Sound Of Child'S Crying . Sound Of Vomiting
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
圭
Pinyin:gui1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: (Old) Jade Tablet (A Ceremonial Badge Of Rank)
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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