Hanja Analyzer
窪

窪 — wa

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
웅덩이 와
Romanization
wa
English
hollow; pit; depression; swamp
Mandarin
wā
Japanese on'yomi
ワ, ア, エイ, アイ, ヨウ
Japanese kun'yomi
くぼ.む くぼ.み くぼ.まる くぼ
Japanese usage
Jinmeiyō kanji
Newspaper frequency
#1,853 of 2,500
Strokes
14
Radical
穴 (116, 9 residual)
Unicode
U+7AAA

How 窪 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 窪 as a ideographic compound involving 穴, 洼.

Korean example words with 窪

  • 와지窪地 Korean gloss: 움푹 패어 웅덩이가 된 땅.
  • 와륭窪隆 Korean gloss: 기운이나 세력이 성함과 쇠함.
  • 경와梗窪 Korean gloss: 과경(果梗)과 과실이 접하여 움푹 들어간 부분. 품종에 따라 그 깊이나 넓이 따위가 다르다.
  • 체와부滯窪部 Korean gloss: 과실에서 열매 자루에서 먼 부위인 적도부 아랫부분.
  • 와지저류窪地貯留 Korean gloss: 움푹 패어 웅덩이가 된 땅에 물이 정체되는 현상.
  • 용식와지溶蝕窪地 Korean gloss: 용식 작용으로 이루어진 땅속의 공동이 내려앉아 생긴 넓고 우묵한 땅.
  • 와지붕괴窪地崩壞 Korean gloss: 한곳으로 물이 모이는 것이 원인이 되어 발생되는 산사태. 산비탈과 계안 사이의 흙의 깊이가 비교적 깊어서 움푹 패어 웅덩이가

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 窪

  • 窪くぼ hollow; cavity; sunken place
  • 窪むくぼむ to cave in; to become depressed; to sink
  • 笑窪えくぼ dimple
  • 窪地くぼち hollow; low ground; basin
  • 曲窪きょくわ downwarp
  • 窪まるくぼまる to cave in; to become depressed; to sink
  • 盆の窪ぼんのくぼ hollow at nape of the neck; toddler's shaved hairstyle leaving a small portion at the nape (esp. Edo period)
  • 窪溜まりくぼたまり hollow; pond in a hollow
  • 落ち窪むおちくぼむ to sink in; to cave in
  • 落窪物語おちくぼものがたり Ochikubo Monogatari; The Tale of Ochikubo (Heian period Cinderella story)
  • 痘痕も笑窪あばたもえくぼ love is blind; (when in love) even pockmarks are dimples

Other hanja read “와”

Other hanja with radical 穴

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