臥

See also 卧

Translingual

Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 臣 + 人

Han character

臥 (radical 131 臣+2, 8 strokes, cangjie input 尸中人 (SLO), four-corner 7870₀)

1. lie down
2. crouch

Derived characters

• 臨, 監, 䭆

References

• KangXi: page 999, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30071
• Dae Jaweon: page 1450, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2801, character 3
• Unihan data for U+81E5

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Cantonese

Hanzi

臥 (simplified 卧, Yale ngo6)

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Japanese

Kanji

臥

Readings

• On: が (ga)
• Kun: ふす (fusu)

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Korean

Hanja

臥 (hangeul 와, revised wa, McCune-Reischauer wa, Yale wa)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

臥 (simplified 卧, pinyin wò (wo4), Wade-Giles wo⁴)

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Middle Chinese

Han character

臥 (nguɑ̀)

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Vietnamese

Han character

臥 (ngọa, ngoạ)