媧
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See also 娲
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Translingual [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 女 (“female”) + phonetic 咼
Han character [edit]
媧 (radical 38 女+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 女月月口 (VBBR), four-corner 47427, composition ⿰女咼)
- mythological snail goddess
References [edit]
- KangXi: page 267, character 28
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6533
- Dae Jaweon: page 535, character 3
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1059, character 4
- Unihan data for U+5AA7
Cantonese [edit]
Hanzi [edit]
媧 (simplified 娲, Yale wo1)
Japanese [edit]
Kanji [edit]
媧
Readings [edit]
Korean [edit]
Hanja [edit]
媧 (hangeul 왜, 과, revised wae, gwa, McCune-Reischauer wae, kwa)
Mandarin [edit]
Hanzi [edit]
媧 (simplified 娲, pinyin wā (wa1), Wade-Giles wa1)
Vietnamese [edit]
Han character [edit]
媧 (oa)
