窊

窊 · wā

pit, vault; store in pit; (Cant.) 手窊, the arm

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
wā
Cantonese
waa1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

pit, vault; store in pit; (Cant.) 手窊, the arm

Dictionary definitions & readings

窊 wā · lowland swamp

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
42726.080:wā Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1176.070:wā Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
377.060:wā Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ワ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
와:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
烏瓜 烏㕦 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
JCHVO Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
3023.2 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0864.260 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
169.05 424.25 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+7A8A
Radical
穴 · 116
Strokes
10
Residual strokes
5
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7073

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
'wae · 烏瓜 · 假合二平麻影 · #790
Middle Chinese
'waeH · 烏㕦 · 假合二去麻影 · #2890

PHONO-ML, source line 6352; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCheungBauerIndex
448.09
kCihaiT
999.602
kDaeJaweon
1292.240
kFennIndex
589.11
kHanYu
42726.080
kIRGDaeJaweon
1292.240
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
42726.080
kIRGKangXi
0864.260
kKangXi
0864.260
kKarlgren
432
kMatthews
6994
kMeyerWempe
3692a
kMorohashi
25467 25467:E0101
kSBGY
169.05 424.25
kCangjie
JCHVO
kCheungBauer
116/05;JCHVO;waa1
kFenn
407H
kFourCornerCode
3023.2
kMojiJoho
MJ019231 MJ019231:E0101 MJ019230:E0102
kPhonetic
696
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G5-5E40
kIRG_HSource
HB2-D2FB
kIRG_JSource
J14-732E
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-62F9
kIRG_KSource
K1-6858
kIRG_TSource
T2-315E
kRSUnicode
116.5
kTotalStrokes
10
kBigFive
D2FB
kCCCII
226978
kCNS1986
2-315E
kCNS1992
2-315E
kEACC
226978
kGB5
6232
kJIS0213
2,83,14
kJis1
4954
kKoreanName
2015
kTGH
2013:7073
kTaiwanTelegraph
4509
kXerox
315:323
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+18265+97.6.5 C+18265+116.5.6
kCantonese
waa1
kDefinition
pit, vault; store in pit; (Cant.) 手窊, the arm
kFanqie
烏瓜 烏㕦
kHangul
와:1N
kHanyuPinyin
42726.080:wā
kJapanese
ワ
kJapaneseKun
KUBOMU
kJapaneseOn
WA E
kKorean
WA
kMandarin
wā
kTGHZ2013
377.060:wā
kXHC1983
1176.070:wā

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Structure & connections

0.10
1dictionary records using 窊0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
穴 above 瓜 · the shape used in China
Source notation ^⿱穴瓜$(G)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱穴瓜$(G)

^⿱⿱宀儿瓜$(HTJKP)

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