窪くぼ

See also: 洼

窪くぼ U+7AAA, 窪 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7AAA ← 窩 [U+7AA9] CJK Unified Ideographs 窫 → [U+7AAB]

Translingual

Han character

窪くぼ (Kangxi radical 116, 穴あな+9, 14 strokes, cangjie input 十じゅう金きん水すい土ど土ど (JCEGG), four-corner 3011₄, composition ⿱穴あな洼)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 866, character 61
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25580
• Dae Jaweon: page 1295, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2736, character 4
• Unihan data for U+7AAA

Chinese

trad.		窪くぼ
simp.		洼*
alternative forms		䨟 漥 凹 𮄂 𪶙

Glyph origin

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wā (wa¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waa¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wā
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wa
    • Wade–Giles: wa¹
    • Yale: wā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ua
    • Palladius: ва (va)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: waa¹
    • Yale: wā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oa
    • Tâi-lô: ua
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oaf
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ua⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ua³³/

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• Middle Chinese: 'wae

Rime
Character	窪くぼ
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲こえ)	影かげ (34)
Final (韻いん)	麻あさ (99)
Tone (調しらべ)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開ひらき合あい)	Closed
Division (等ひとし)	II
Fanqie	烏がらす瓜ふり切きり
Baxter	'wae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠua/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷᵚa/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔua/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔwaɨ/
Li Rong	/ʔua/
Wang Li	/wa/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔwa/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wā
Expected Cantonese Reflex	waa1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʷraː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	窪くぼ
Reading #	1/1
No.	4555
Phonetic component	圭けい
Rime group	魚さかな
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	窊
Old Chinese	/*qʷraː/

Definitions

窪くぼ

1. hollow; low-lying; sunken
2. depression; low-lying area
3. to sink

Compounds

• 低てい窪くぼ／低てい洼 (dīwā)
• 坑あな坑あな窪くぼ窪くぼ／坑あな坑あな洼洼 (kēngkengwāwā)
• 大窪おおくぼ／大だい洼 (Dàwā)
• 楊樹窪くぼ／杨树洼 (Yángshùwā)
• 窪地くぼち／洼地 (wādì)
• 窪くぼ然しか／洼然
• 羅ら窪くぼ／罗洼 (Luówā)
• 鼻はな窪くぼ子こ／鼻はな洼子

 

Japanese

Kanji

窪くぼ

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. depression
2. cave in
3. sink
4. become hollow

Readings

• Go-on: え (e)
• Kan-on: わ (wa)
• On: あ (a)
• Kun: くぼ (kubo, 窪くぼ)、くぼむ (kubomu, 窪くぼむ)

Korean

Hanja

窪くぼ (eum 와 (wa))

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Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• 洼 (oa)

Han character

窪くぼ: Hán Việt readings: oa (烏がらす(ô)瓜ふり(qua)切きり(thiết))

1. chữ Hán form of oa (“hollow; pit; depression; swamp”).