Hanja Analyzer
哇

哇 — wa

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
음란한 소리 와, 게울 와
Romanization
wa
English
vomit; cry of an infant
Mandarin
wa
Japanese on'yomi
アイ, ワ, エ, カイ, ケ, ケイ, ア
Japanese kun'yomi
かい けい
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
9
Radical
口 (30, 6 residual)
Phonetic component
圭
Unicode
U+54C7

Parts that make up 哇

  • 口 입 구 벌린 입말하고 먹는 일, 그리고 입 모양의 구멍
  • 圭 서옥(瑞玉)/쌍토 규sound 위아래로 겹친 옥 홀 둘주로 소리를 나타낸다

How 哇 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 哇 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 口, 圭.

Japanese words with 哇

  • 布哇ハワイ Hawaii; Hawai'i
  • 爪哇ジャワ Java (Indonesian island); Java coffee

Characters sharing the phonetic 圭

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

佳 刲 卦 厓 奎 娃 恚 挂 桂 洼 珪 畦 硅 罣 蛙 街 詿 邽 閨 鞋 鮭

Other hanja read “와”

吪 囮 婐 枙 洼 渦 猧 瓦 窊 窩 窪 臥 萵 蛙 蝸 訛 譌

Other hanja with radical 口

口 古 句 另 叨 叩 只 叫 召 叭 叮 可 台 叱 史 右 叴 叵 叶 号 司 叺 吁 吃 各 吅 吆 合 吉 吊 吋 同 名 后 吏 吐 向 吒 吕 吘 吚 君 吝 吞 吟 吠 吡 吢 否 吧 吨 吩 吪 含 听 吭 吮 启 吱 吲

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