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U+54C7, 哇
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54C7

[U+54C6]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+54C8]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 30, +6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 口土土 (RGG), four-corner 64014, composition )

References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 189, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3593
  • Dae Jaweon: page 408, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 611, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+54C7

Chinese

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simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *qreː, *qʷraː) : semantic + phonetic (OC *kʷeː).

Pronunciation

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Note: wa - particle.
Note: neutral tone.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (34) (34)
Final () (31) (99)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () II II
Fanqie
Baxter 'ea 'wae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔˠɛ/ /ʔˠua/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔᵚæ/ /ʔʷᵚa/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔæi/ /ʔua/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔaɨj/ /ʔwaɨ/
Li
Rong
/ʔɛ/ /ʔua/
Wang
Li
/ai/ /wa/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔai/ /ʔwa/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
aai1 waa1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 4544 4554
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qreː/ /*qʷraː/

Definitions

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  1. Interjection indicating surprise or amazement: wow!, gee
    樣子 [MSC, trad.]
    样子 [MSC, simp.]
    ! Nǐ de yàngzi tài kù le! [Pinyin]
    Wow! You look terrific!
  2. (onomatopoeia) sound of crying
  3. (onomatopoeia) sound of vomiting
  4. (Classical) to vomit
    :『鶃鶃。』 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
    :『𱊄𱊄。』 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
    From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE
    Qí xiōng zì wài zhì, yuē: ‘Shì yìyì zhī ròu yě.’ Chū ér zhī. [Pinyin]
    Just then his brother came into the house, and said, "It is the flesh of that cackling thing," upon which he went out and vomited it.
  5. Sentence-final particle: Equivalent of (a). Only used after words ending in -u, -ao.
      ―  Hǎo wa!  ―  hurray!

Synonyms

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  • (wow): (Cantonese)
  • (sentence-final particle):
    • (ā) after -ng, ci, zi, si, chi, zhi, shi
    • () after -a, -o, -e, -i, -ü
    • () after -n

Compounds

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

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  • Go-on: (e) (we, historical)
  • Kan-on: あい (ai) (wa)
  • Kun: よこしま (yokoshima)はく (haku, 哇く)むせぶ (musebu)

Korean

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Hanja

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(eum (wa))

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: oa, òa/

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