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哇

哇

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

Translingual

Han character

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

References

  • KangXi: page 189, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3593
  • Dae Jaweon: page 408, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 611, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+54C7

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 哇

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

Pronunciation

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
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
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/

Interjection

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.]
    Wa! Nǐ de yàngzǐ tài kù le! [Pinyin]
    Wow! You look terrific!

Noun

哇

  1. (onomatopoeia) sound of child's crying
  2. (onomatopoeia) sound of vomiting

Particle

哇

  1. sentence-final particle, Equivalent of 啊 (a). Only used after words ending in -u, -ao.

Synonyms

  • 啊 (ā) after -ng, ci, zi, si, chi, zhi, shi
  • 呀 (yā) after -a, -o, -e, -i, -ü
  • 哪 (nǎ) after -n

Japanese

Kanji

哇

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

哇 • ‎(wa) (hangeul 와, revised wa, McCune-Reischauer wa)

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Vietnamese

Han character

哇 (oa, oà)

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