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倭
Mandarin · pinyin wō
Meanings
- dwarf
- Japanese (derog.) (old)
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- 倭
- wō · dwarf; dwarfish, short
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Mandarin tones
1 · wo1
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Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.Read this spelling in Classical texts
Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
wai1 · wai2 · wo1 · wo2
Cantonese word readings for 倭. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character · Etymology 1
- (historical, now derogatory) Japan; Yamato
- (in some animal names) dwarf; pygmy
character · Etymology 2
- (historical dictionaries only) compliant; docile; gentle
- used in 倭遲／倭迟: winding; meandering; circuitous; by extension, far and long
- used in 倭妥: graceful; neat and well-arranged; fine; pretty; also (Wu Chinese) mild; tactful; compliant
- used in 倭傀: an ugly woman (in classical texts)
character · Etymology 3
- only used in 倭墮髻／倭堕髻 (wǒduòjì): a women's hairstyle with the bun slanting to one side or falling forward over the forehead; also shortened to 倭墮
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