哇

哇 U+54C7, 哇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54C7 ← 哆 [U+54C6] CJK Unified Ideographs 哈 → [U+54C8]

Translingual

Han character

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

References

• 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

simp. and trad.		哇

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (圭) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
街	*kreː, *kreː
鞋	*ɡreː, *ɡreː, *ɡreː
娾	*ŋreː, *ŋreːʔ
佳	*kreː
鮭	*ɡreː, *kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
涯	*ŋreː, *ŋre
崖	*ŋreː, *ŋre
啀	*ŋreː
厓	*ŋreː
捱	*ŋreː
睚	*ŋreːs
娃	*qreː
洼	*qreː, *qʷraː, *kʷeː
哇	*qreː, *qʷraː
胿	*ɡeː, *kʷeː
溎	*qeːns
觟	*ɡʷraːʔ
黊	*ɡʷraːʔ, *ɡʷreːs, *ɡʷeː
蘳	*ɡʷraːʔ, *qʰʷe
蛙	*qʷraː, *qʷreː
窪	*qʷraː
卦	*kʷreːs
挂	*kʷreːs
掛	*kʷreːs
詿	*kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs
罣	*kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs, *kʷeːs
絓	*kʰʷreː, *ɡʷreːs
鼃	*ɢʷreː, *qʷreː
圭	*kʷeː
珪	*kʷeː
邽	*kʷeː
閨	*kʷeː
袿	*kʷeː
窐	*kʷeː, *ɡʷeː
茥	*kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
桂	*kʷeːs
筀	*kʷeːs
奎	*kʰʷeː
刲	*kʰʷeː
蝰	*kʰʷeː
楏	*kʰʷeː
睳	*qʰʷeː
畦	*ɡʷeː
眭	*ɡʷeː, *sqʰʷe, *qʰʷe, *qʰʷi
烓	*qʷeː, *kʰʷeːŋʔ
跬	*kʰʷeʔ
恚	*qʷes
硅	*qʰʷreɡ

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wā, wa (wa¹, wa⁵／wa⁰)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄚ, ˙ㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waa¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ôa
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wā
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wa
    • Wade–Giles: wa¹
    • Yale: wā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ua
    • Palladius: ва (va)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wä⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wa
    • Zhuyin: ˙ㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wå
    • Wade–Giles: wa⁵
    • Yale: wa
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .ua
    • Palladius: ва (va)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wä/

Note: wa - particle.

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: waa¹
    • Yale: wā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ôa
    • Hakka Romanization System: ua^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ua¹
    • Sinological IPA: /u̯a²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oa
    • Tâi-lô: ua
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oaf
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ua⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ua³³/

Note: neutral tone.

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• Middle Chinese: 'ea, 'wae

Rime
Character	哇	哇
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	佳 (31)	麻 (99)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	於佳切	烏瓜切
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	yā	wā
Expected Cantonese Reflex	aai1	waa1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qreː/, /*qʷraː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	哇	哇
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	4544	4554
Phonetic component	圭	圭
Rime group	支	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	娃	窊
Old Chinese	/*qreː/	/*qʷraː/

Definitions

哇

1. Interjection indicating surprise or amazement: wow!, gee

   哇！你的樣子太酷了！ [MSC, trad.]
   哇！你的样子太酷了！ [MSC, simp.]

   Wā! 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

   其兄自外至，曰：『是鶃鶃之肉也。』出而哇之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
   其兄自外至，曰：『是𱊄𱊄之肉也。』出而哇之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

   Qí xiōng zì wài zhì, yuē: ‘Shì yìyì zhī ròu yě.’ Chū ér wā 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 啊 (a). Only used after words ending in -u, -ao.

   好哇！  ―  Hǎo wa!  ―  hurray!

Synonyms

• (wow): (Cantonese) 嘩／哗
• (sentence-final particle):
  • 啊 (ā) after -ng, ci, zi, si, chi, zhi, shi
  • 呀 (yā) after -a, -o, -e, -i, -ü
  • 哪 (nǎ) after -n

Compounds

• 哇哇
• 哇哇叫
• 哇老誒／哇老诶 (wà láo ei)
• 哇賽／哇赛
• 淫哇
• 熱爪哇／热爪哇 (rèzhǎowā)
• 爪哇 (Zhǎowā)
• 爪哇人 (Zhǎowārén)
• 爪哇國／爪哇国 (Zhǎowāguó)
• 爪哇島／爪哇岛
• 爪哇族

 

Japanese

Kanji

哇

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: え (e)^{←ゑ (we, historical)}
• Kan-on: あい (ai)、わ (wa)
• Kun: よこしま (yokoshima)、はく (haku, 哇く)、むせぶ (musebu)

Korean

Hanja

哇 (eum 와 (wa))

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Vietnamese

Han character

哇: Hán Nôm readings: oa, òa/oà

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