懂中文 Dong Chinese

媧

wā

a goddess

Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 咼 represents the sound.

Components
女 meaning component

女  Meaning component

nǚ, rǔ

  

woman

咼 sound component

咼  Sound component

guō, wāi

  

chat

Evolution

媧 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
媧 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
媧 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

娲 (媧) 

wā

mythological snail goddess

娲 (媧) 

Wā

surname Wa; sister of legendary emperor Fu Xi 伏羲

Most common words with 媧
Freq.
Word
Meaning

女娲

Nüwa (creator of humans in Chinese mythology)

娲

surname Wa

女娲氏

Nüwa (creator of humans in Chinese mythology)