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洼

洼

See also: 窪

Translingual

Han character

洼 (radical 85 水+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 水土土 (EGG), four-corner 3411₄, composition ⿰氵圭)

deep pond
hollow
pit
depression
swamp

References

KangXi: page 622, character 20

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17425

Dae Jaweon: page 1019, character 1

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1601, character 7

Unihan data for U+6D3C

Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 洼 – see 窪. (This character, 洼, is the simplified form of 窪.)
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		洼

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): guī (gui¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: guī
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟ
  - Wade-Giles: kuei¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guei
  - IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/

Proper noun

洼

A surname.

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典)

Japanese

Kanji

洼

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

On: あい (ai), え (e), わい (wai)

Korean

Hanja

洼 • ‎(wa) (hangeul 와, revised wa, McCune-Reischauer wa, Yale wa)

pool
deep pond