沃

沃 U+6C83, 沃 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C83 ← 沂 [U+6C82] CJK Unified Ideographs 沄 → [U+6C84]

Translingual

Han character

沃 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 水竹大 (EHK), four-corner 3213₄, composition ⿰氵夭)

Derived characters

• 鋈

Additional Derived Characters

• 𠴎, 𭎨, 𪶇, 𦰚, 𱁙, 𪣡, 𭰶, 𩷯, 𪁕, 𲍼, 𪎤

See also

• 添

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 609, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17184
• Dae Jaweon: page 1002, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1566, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6C83

Chinese

simp. and trad.		沃
alternative forms		渥 Min Nan 𱦗

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
笑	*sqʰows
夭	*qoːwʔ, *qrow, *qrowʔ
镺	*qoːwʔ, *qoːws
芺	*qoːwʔ, *qrowʔ
妖	*qrow
祅	*qrow
枖	*qrow
訞	*qrow
殀	*qrowʔ
仸	*qrowʔ
妋	*pa, *qu
飫	*qos
沃	*qoːwɢ
鋈	*qoːwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qoːwɢ): semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 夭 (OC *qoːwʔ, *qrow, *qrowʔ) – to irrigate with water.

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wò (wo⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): juk¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): yuuk²

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): vok

  (Hailu, HRS): vog

• Eastern Min (BUC): uóh / áuk
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): orh⁶ / ah⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ak / ok

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ag⁴ / og⁴

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷oq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wò
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wò
    • Wade–Giles: wo⁴
    • Yale: wò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woh
    • Palladius: во (vo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: juk¹
    • Yale: yūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: yug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: yuuk²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɵk̚⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vok
    • Hakka Romanization System: vog^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vog⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /vok̚²/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: vog
    • Sinological IPA: /vok⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: uóh / áuk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uɔʔ²⁴/, /ɑuʔ²⁴/

Note:

• uóh - vernacular;
• áuk - literary.

• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: orh⁶
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: o̤h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɒʔ²¹/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: orh⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɒʔ²/
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ah⁶
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ah
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aʔ²¹/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ah⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aʔ²/

Note:

• orh6 - vernacular;
• ah6 - literary.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ak
    • Tâi-lô: ak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ag
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /ak̚⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ak̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ok
    • Tâi-lô: ok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: og
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɔk̚³²/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔk̚⁵/

Note:

• ak - vernacular (“to irrigate; to drench”);
• ok - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: ag⁴ / og⁴
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ak / ok
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ak̚²/, /ok̚²/

Note:

• ag4 - vernacular;
• og4 - literary.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷oq
    • MiniDict: oh^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴oq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /oʔ⁵⁵/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 沃
Mandarin	Beijing	/uo⁵¹/
	Harbin	/uo⁵³/
	Tianjin	/uo⁵³/
	Jinan	/və²¹³/
	Qingdao	/və⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/uo²⁴/
	Xi'an	/u²¹/
	Xining	/v̩⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/və¹³/
	Lanzhou	/vu¹³/
	Ürümqi	/vɤ²¹³/
	Wuhan	/uo²¹³/
	Chengdu	/o³¹/
	Guiyang	/o²¹/
	Kunming	/o³¹/
	Nanjing	/uʔ⁵/
	Hefei	/uɐʔ⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/vəʔ²/
	Pingyao	/vʌʔ¹³/
	Hohhot	/vaʔ⁴³/
Wu	Shanghai	/oʔ⁵/
	Suzhou	/oʔ⁵/
	Hangzhou	/ʔoʔ⁵/
	Wenzhou	/o²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/uʔ²¹/ /uaʔ²¹/
	Tunxi
Xiang	Changsha	/ŋo²⁴/
	Xiangtan	/o²⁴/
Gan	Nanchang
Hakka	Meixian	/fok̚¹/
	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/jok̚⁵/
	Nanning	/juk̚⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/jok̚⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/ɔk̚³²/ /ak̚³²/ 澆水
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/uɔʔ²³/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/ɔ²⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/ok̚²/ /ak̚²/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/ok̚⁵/ /ak̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'owk

Rime
Character	沃
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	沃 (6)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	烏酷切
Baxter	'owk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔuok̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔuok̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔok̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔawk̚/
Li Rong	/ʔok̚/
Wang Li	/uok̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔuok̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	uk1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qoːwɢ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	沃
Reading #	1/1
No.	14637
Phonetic component	夭
Rime group	藥
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	沃
Old Chinese	/*qoːwɢ/

Definitions

沃

1. fertile; rich; lush
2. to irrigate; to water; to soak
3. (Hokkien) to drench; to soak; to wet through (by rain, water, etc.)
4. a river in Shanxi
5. short for 曲沃 (Qūwò)
6. alternative form of 飫 / 饫 (yù)
7. a surname

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 澆 (“to pour; to water”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		澆
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	澆
	Taiwan	澆
	Harbin	澆
	Singapore	澆
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	澆
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	澆, 淋
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	淋
	Xi'an	澆, 淋
	Xining	澆
	Xuzhou	澆
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	澆
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	淋, 飲
	Wuhan	澆, 飲
	Guiyang	淋
	Liuzhou	淋
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	澆
	Yangzhou	澆
	Hefei	澆
Cantonese	Guangzhou	淋
	Hong Kong	淋
	Dongguan	淋
	Yangjiang	淋
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	淋
Gan	Nanchang	澆, 淋
	Lichuan	澆
Hakka	Meixian	淋
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	淋
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	淋
	Wengyuan	淋
	Liannan	淋
	Jiexi	淋
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	沃
	Changting	潑
	Wuping (Yanqian)	沃
	Ninghua	沃
	Ningdu	淋
	Tonggu (Sandu)	淋
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	澆
	Dayu	淋
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	淋
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	淋
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	淋
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	淋
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	淋, 浴
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	沃
	Hong Kong	淋
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	淋
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	淋
	Xinyi (Sihe)	淋
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	淋
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	淋
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	淋
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	淋
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	淋
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	淋
	Mengshan (Xihe)	淋
	Luchuan	淋
	Senai (Huiyang)	淋
Huizhou	Jixi	澆
Jin	Taiyuan	澆
	Xinzhou	澆
Northern Min	Jian'ou	沃
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	沃
Southern Min	Xiamen	沃
	Quanzhou	沃
	Jinjiang	沃
	Zhangzhou	沃
	Tainan	沃
	Penang (Hokkien)	沃
	Singapore (Hokkien)	沃
	Manila (Hokkien)	沃
	Chaozhou	沃
	Shantou	沃
	Jieyang	沃
	Bangkok (Teochew)	沃
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	沃
	Leizhou	淋, 沃
	Haikou	沃
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	澆, 淋
Wu	Shanghai	澆
	Shanghai (Chongming)	澆
	Suzhou	澆
	Danyang	澆
	Hangzhou	澆
	Wenzhou	澆, 浰, 淋
	Jinhua	澆, 淋
Xiang	Changsha	淋, 印
	Loudi	淋
	Shuangfeng	淋, 印

Compounds

• 以湯沃沸 / 以汤沃沸
• 以湯沃雪 / 以汤沃雪
• 以飴沃釜 / 以饴沃釜
• 如湯沃雪 / 如汤沃雪
• 啟沃 / 启沃
• 沃土 (wòtǔ)
• 沃果兒 / 沃果儿
• 沃沃
• 沃腴 (wòyú)
• 沃衍
• 沃野 (wòyě)
• 沃野千里
• 沃饒 / 沃饶
• 符拉迪沃斯托克 (Fúlādíwòsītuōkè)
• 肥沃 (féiwò)
• 肥沃月灣 / 肥沃月湾
• 衍沃
• 表沃夫
• 饒沃 / 饶沃

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 沃 – see 澳 (“inlet of the sea where ships can anchor; bay; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 澳).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Further reading

• “沃”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2026.

Japanese

Kanji

沃

(Jōyō kanji)

1. fertile
2. (chemistry) iodine

Readings

• Go-on: おく (oku)
• Kan-on: よく (yoku, Jōyō)
• Kan’yō-on: よう (yō)
• Kun: そそぐ (sosogu, 沃ぐ)、こえる (koeru)、いる (iru, 沃る)^{←いる (iru, 沃る, historical)←𛀆る (yiru, 沃る, ancient)}
• Nanori: そそぐ (sosogu)

Korean

Hanja

沃 • (ok) (hangeul 옥, revised ok, McCune–Reischauer ok, Yale ok)

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Vietnamese

Han character

沃: Hán Nôm readings: óc

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