Chinese Character Wiki

沃

wò

water

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 夭 represents the sound.

Components
氵 meaning component

氵  Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

  

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

夭 sound component

夭  Sound component

yāo

  

die young

Evolution

沃 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
沃 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
沃 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
沃 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
沃 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

沃  

wò

water, irrigate; fertile, rich; fertile; rich; to irrigate; to wash (of river)

Most common words with 沃
Freq.
Word
Meaning

沃

rich

沃尔玛

Wal-Mart, Walmart (retailer)

沃尔沃

Volvo (Swedish car company)

科索沃

Kosovo

肥沃

fertile

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

鋈

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 11.3087% of movies

1131st most common character in movies

1808th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Unicode

U+6C83

Shuowen

“，溉灌也。从水，芺聲。”


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