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窊
窊
Translingual
Han character
窊 (radical 116 穴+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 十金竹女人 (JCHVO), four-corner 30232, composition ⿱穴瓜)
References
- KangXi: page 864, character 26
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25467
- Dae Jaweon: page 1292, character 24
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2726, character 8
- Unihan data for U+7A8A
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
窊 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (瓜) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 瓜 | *kʷraː |
| 坬 | *kʷraːs |
| 窊 | *qʷraː, *qʷraːs |
| 畖 | *qʷraː |
| 搲 | *qʷraːs |
| 攨 | *qʷraːs |
| 孤 | *kʷaː |
| 苽 | *kʷaː |
| 胍 | *kʷaː |
| 泒 | *kʷaː |
| 呱 | *kʷaː |
| 觚 | *kʷaː |
| 柧 | *kʷaː |
| 罛 | *kʷaː |
| 軱 | *kʷaː |
| 菰 | *kʷaː |
| 箛 | *kʷaː |
| 狐 | *ɡʷaː |
| 弧 | *ɡʷlaː |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄚ
- Wade-Giles: wa1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ua
- IPA (key): /u̯a̠⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: wa1
- Yale: wā
- Cantonese Pinyin: wa1
- IPA (key): /wɐ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 窊 | 窊 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 麻 (99) | 麻 (99) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | II | II |
| Fanqie | 烏瓜切 | 烏㕦切 |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ʔˠua/ | /ʔˠuaH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ʔʷᵚa/ | /ʔʷᵚaH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ʔua/ | /ʔuaH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ʔwaɨ/ | /ʔwaɨH/ |
| Li Rong |
/ʔua/ | /ʔuaH/ |
| Wang Li |
/wa/ | /waH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ʔwa/ | /ʔwaH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
wā | wà |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 窊 | 窊 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 4342 | 4344 |
| Phonetic component |
瓜 | 瓜 |
| Rime group |
魚 | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
窊 | |
| Old Chinese |
/*qʷraː/ | /*qʷraːs/ |
| Notes | 廣韻化作口下大 | |
Definitions
窊
- pit, vault
- to store in a pit
- (Cantonese) arm (body)
- (slang, of females) to **** (i.e. cucumber (瓜) in a hole (穴))
Japanese
Kanji
窊
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
窊 • (wa) (hangeul 와, revised wa, McCune-Reischauer wa, Yale wa)
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