Chinese Character Wiki

洼

wā

variant of 窪|洼[wā]

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 圭 represents the sound. Simplified form of 窪.

Components
氵 meaning component

氵  Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

  

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

圭 sound component

圭  Sound component

guī

  

jade pointed at top

Evolution

洼 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
洼 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
洼 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
洼 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

洼  

wā

variant of 窪|洼[wā]

洼 (窪) 

wā

hollow; pit; depression; swamp; sunken

Most common words with 洼
Freq.
Word
Meaning

洼

sunken

低洼

low-lying

洼地

depression

坑坑洼洼

bumpy

坑洼

pothole

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

窪

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3226th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Traditional

窪

Unicode

U+6D3C

Shuowen

“洼，深池也。从水，圭聲。”


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