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Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
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Phonosemantic interpretation[edit]

Old Chinese Initial /*k-/ lends semantic value Frame. Vowel /*-ua-/ lends semantic value Curving/Round. Final consonant /*-r/ lends semantic value Continuum. Pictogram (象形) of a round head of millet hanging from a stalk → grain; rice. Source: Howell & Morimoto

Han character[edit]

(radical 115 +0, 5 strokes, cangjie input 竹木 (HD), four-corner 20904, composition丿)

  1. grain still on stalk
  2. rice plant

Related characters[edit]

References[edit]

  • KangXi: page 848, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24906
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1270, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2588, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+79BE

Cantonese[edit]

Hanzi[edit]

(jyutping wo4, Yale wo4)


Hakka[edit]

Hanzi[edit]

(POJ , Guangdong wo2; vo2 [Meixian, Kwangtung], Hagfa Pinyim vo2, vo4)

References[edit]


Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

Readings[edit]


Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

(hangeul , revised hwa, McCune-Reischauer hwa, Yale hwa)


Mandarin[edit]

Hanzi[edit]

(pinyin (he2), Wade-Giles ho2)

Compounds[edit]


Middle Chinese[edit]

Han character[edit]

(huɑ)


Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

(hòa)