娃

Translingual

Han character

娃 (radical 38 女+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女土土 (VGG), four-corner 4441₄, composition ⿰女圭)

1. girl; beautiful girl
2. infant, child
3. doll

References

• KangXi: page 261, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6262
• Dae Jaweon: page 528, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1042, character 6
• Unihan data for U+5A03

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		娃

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wá (wa²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: wá
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄚˊ
    • Wade-Giles: wa²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wa
    • IPA ^(key): /u̯a̠³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: waa¹
    • Yale: wā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waa¹
    • IPA ^(key): /wɑː⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (娃, reconstructed)
Character (娃), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 影 (34) Final: 佳 Division: II			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 於佳切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ʔɣɛ/	/ʔai/	/ʔɛ/	/ʔɯæ/	/ʔaɨj/	/ai/	/ʔæi/

Old Chinese pronunciation (娃, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
娃					4542					圭					支					0					娃					/*qreː/

Compounds

• 娃娃

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Japanese

Kanji

娃

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• On: あ (a), あい (ai)
• Kun: うつくしい (utsukushii)

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Korean

Hanja

娃 (wae) (hangeul 왜, revised wae, McCune-Reischauer wae)

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Vietnamese

Han character

娃 (oa)

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