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

• 𠴎 鋈

See also

• 添

References

• KangXi: 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

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, 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 (Jyutping): juk¹
• Min Nan (POJ): ak / ok

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: wò
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄛˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woh
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wò
    • Wade–Giles: wo4
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: juk¹
    • Yale: yūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: yug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ak
    • Tâi-lô: ak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ak̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ak̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ok
    • Tâi-lô: ok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: og
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔk̚⁵/

Note:

• ak - vernacular;
• ok - literary.

---

• 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 (Min Nan)	/ɔk̚³²/ /ak̚³²/ 澆水
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/uɔʔ²³/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/ɔ²⁴/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/ok̚²/ /ak̚²/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/ok̚⁵/ /ak̚⁵/

---

• Middle Chinese: /ʔuok̚/

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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔuok̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔuok̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔok̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔawk̚/
Li Rong	/ʔok̚/
Wang Li	/uok̚/
Bernard 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. to water
2. to soak
3. fertile
4. lush
5. tame
6. low
7. white
8. A river in Shanxi
9. Short for 曲沃 (Qūwò).
10. Alternative form of 飫／饫 (yù).
11. A surname​.

Synonyms

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

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		澆
Mandarin	Beijing	澆
	Taiwan	澆
	Harbin	澆
	Muping	澆, 淋
	Jinan	澆
	Wanrong	淋
	Xi'an	澆, 淋
	Xining	澆
	Ürümqi	澆
	Wuhan	澆, 飲
	Chengdu	淋, 飲
	Guiyang	淋
	Liuzhou	淋
	Xuzhou	澆
	Yangzhou	澆
	Nanjing	澆
	Hefei	澆
	Singapore	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
	Dianbai (Shalang)	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
Min Bei	Jian'ou	沃
Min Dong	Fuzhou	沃
Min Nan	Xiamen	沃
	Quanzhou	沃
	Zhangzhou	沃
	Tainan	沃
	Penang (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
• 啟沃／启沃
• 如湯沃雪／如汤沃雪
• 沃土 (wòtǔ)
• 沃果兒／沃果儿

• 沃沃
• 沃腴 (wòyú)
• 沃衍
• 沃野
• 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; Australia; etc.”). (This character, 沃, 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

• “Entry #3295”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

---

Japanese

Kanji

沃

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. fertile

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, historical)←𛀆る (yiru, ancient)}
• Nanori: そそぐ (sosogu)

---

Korean

Hanja

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

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

---

Vietnamese

Han character

沃: Hán Nôm readings: óc

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.