Hanja Analyzer
臥

臥 — wa

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
누울 와
Romanization
wa
English
lie down; crouch
Mandarin
wò
Japanese on'yomi
ガ
Japanese kun'yomi
ふせ.る ふ.せる ふ.す
Japanese usage
Jinmeiyō kanji
Strokes
8
Radical
臣 (131, 2 residual)
Unicode
U+81E5

Parts that make up 臥

  • 臣 신하 신 아래를 내려다보는 눈신하와 섬기는 일. ‘신’ 계열의 소리
  • 人 사람 인 옆에서 본 사람사람과 사람이 하는 일, 사람의 됨됨이

How 臥 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 臥 as a ideographic compound involving 臣, 人.

Korean example words with 臥

  • 와내臥內 Korean gloss: 침실 안
  • 기와起臥 Korean gloss: 일상적인 생활 상태
  • 와폭臥瀑 Korean gloss: 경사가 완만한 폭포
  • 와병臥病 Korean gloss: 병으로 자리에 누움. 또는 병을 앓고 있음
  • 와상臥牀 Korean gloss: 누워서 잘 수 있도록 만든 가구. 위가 넓고 평평하고 다리가 달렸다
  • 와탑臥榻 Korean gloss: 누워서 잘 수 있도록 만든 가구. 위가 넓고 평평하고 다리가 달렸다
  • 언와하다偃臥 Korean gloss: 편안히 눕다
  • 와석하다臥席 Korean gloss: 자리에 눕다
  • 와퇴법臥椎法 Korean gloss: 누워서 안마하는 일
  • 와견臥見 Korean gloss: 누워서 봄.
  • 측와側臥 Korean gloss: 옆에 누움.
  • 안와安臥 Korean gloss: 편안히 누움.

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

Japanese words with 臥

  • 安臥あんが quiet rest
  • 横臥おうが lying on one's side
  • 臥所ふしど bedroom; bedchamber; bed
  • 臥床がしょう retiring to bed (esp. due to illness); bed
  • 起臥きが daily life; daily living; waking up and going to sleep
  • 仰臥ぎょうが lying on one's back; lying face upward; lying supine
  • 平臥へいが lying down; being laid up; being ill in bed
  • 偃臥えんが lying face down
  • 臥龍がりゅう unrecognized genius; exceptional person hidden among the masses; reclining dragon
  • 病臥びょうが being ill in bed
  • 座臥ざが sitting and lying down; daily life
  • 臥すふす to lie down (in bed); to retire (to bed); to become bedridden (with an illness)

Other hanja read “와”

吪 哇 囮 婐 枙 洼 渦 猧 瓦 窊 窩 窪 萵 蛙 蝸 訛 譌

Other hanja with radical 臣

臣 臧 臨

Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences