哇

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

Translingual

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Han character

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哇 (Kangxi radical 30, 口くち+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 口くち土ど土ど (RGG), four-corner 64014, composition ⿰口くち圭けい)

References

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  • 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

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simp. and trad.
 哇

Glyph origin

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Characters in the same phonetic series (圭けい) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
街まち *kreː, *kreː
鞋 *ɡreː, *ɡreː, *ɡreː
娾 *ŋreː, *ŋreːʔ
佳けい *kreː
鮭さけ *ɡreː, *kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
涯 *ŋreː, *ŋre
崖がけ *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
蛙かえる *qʷraː, *qʷreː
窪くぼ *qʷraː
卦け *kʷreːs
挂 *kʷreːs
掛かけ *kʷreːs
詿 *kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs
罣 *kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs, *kʷeːs
絓 *kʰʷreː, *ɡʷreːs
鼃 *ɢʷreː, *qʷreː
圭けい *kʷeː
珪 *kʷeː
邽 *kʷeː
閨ねや *kʷeː
袿 *kʷeː
窐 *kʷeː, *ɡʷeː
茥 *kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
桂かつら *kʷeːs
筀 *kʷeːs
奎 *kʰʷeː
刲 *kʰʷeː
蝰 *kʰʷeː
楏 *kʰʷeː
睳 *qʰʷeː
畦あぜ *ɡʷeː
眭 *ɡʷeː, *sqʰʷe, *qʰʷe, *qʰʷi
烓 *qʷeː, *kʰʷeːŋʔ
跬 *kʰʷeʔ
恚 *qʷes
硅 *qʰʷreɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲けいせい／形声けいせい, OC *qreː, *qʷraː) : semantic 口くち + phonetic 圭けい (OC *kʷeː).

Pronunciation

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Note: wa - particle.
Note: neutral tone.
Rime
Character 哇 哇
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲こえ) 影かげ (34) 影かげ (34)
Final (韻いん) 佳けい (31) 麻あさ (99)
Tone (調しらべ) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開ひらき合あい) Open Closed
Division (等ひとし) II II
Fanqie 於佳けい切きり 烏がらす瓜ふり切きり
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 		圭けい 圭けい
Rime
group 		支ささえ 魚さかな
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		娃 窊
Old
Chinese 		/*qreː/ /*qʷraː/

Definitions

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哇

  1. Interjection indicating surprise or amazement: wow!, gee
    哇！你的てき樣子ようす太ふとし酷こく了りょう！ [MSC, trad.]
    哇！你的てき样子太ふとし酷こく了りょう！ [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
    其兄あに自じ外そと至いたり，曰：『是これ鶃鶃之これ肉にく也。』出で而哇之これ。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
    其兄あに自じ外そと至いたり，曰：『是これ𱊄𱊄之これ肉にく也。』出で而哇之これ。 [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.
    好このみ哇！  ―  Hǎo wa!  ―  hurray!

Synonyms

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  • (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

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Japanese

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Kanji

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哇

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

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Korean

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Hanja

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哇 (eum 와 (wa))

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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哇: Hán Nôm readings: oa, òa/oà

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