哇

哇	U 54C7, 哇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54C7

Translingual

Han character

哇 (Kangxi radical 30, 口 6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 口土土 (RGG), four-corner 6401₄, composition ⿰口圭)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 189, character 5
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3593
Dae Jaweon: page 408, character 11
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 611, character 5
Unihan data for U 54C7

Chinese

simp. and trad.		哇

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (圭) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
街	kreː, kreː
鞋	ɡreː, ɡreː, *ɡreː
娾	ŋreː, ŋreːʔ
佳	*kreː
鮭	ɡreː, kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
涯	ŋreː, ŋre
崖	ŋreː, ŋre
啀	*ŋreː
厓	*ŋreː
捱	*ŋreː
睚	*ŋreːs
娃	*qreː
洼	qreː, qʷraː, *kʷeː
哇	qreː, qʷraː
胿	ɡeː, kʷeː
溎	*qeːns
觟	*ɡʷraːʔ
黊	ɡʷraːʔ, ɡʷreːs, *ɡʷeː
蘳	ɡʷraːʔ, qʰʷe
蛙	qʷraː, qʷreː
窪	*qʷraː
卦	*kʷreːs
挂	*kʷreːs
掛	*kʷreːs
詿	kʷreːs, ɡʷreːs
罣	kʷreːs, ɡʷreːs, *kʷeːs
絓	kʰʷreː, ɡʷreːs
鼃	ɢʷreː, qʷreː
圭	*kʷeː
珪	*kʷeː
邽	*kʷeː
閨	*kʷeː
袿	*kʷeː
窐	kʷeː, ɡʷeː
茥	kʷeː, kʰʷeː
桂	*kʷeːs
筀	*kʷeːs
奎	*kʰʷeː
刲	*kʰʷeː
蝰	*kʰʷeː
楏	*kʰʷeː
睳	*qʰʷeː
畦	*ɡʷeː
眭	ɡʷeː, sqʰʷe, qʰʷe, qʰʷi
烓	qʷeː, kʰʷeːŋʔ
跬	*kʰʷeʔ
恚	*qʷes
硅	*qʰʷreɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qreː, *qʷraː) : semantic 口 phonetic 圭 (OC *kʷeː).

Originally, the phonetic component is not related to the concept of earth (土) since in its original form it represents a pair of ritual axes perhaps made of jade 士. Hence, the link to the concept of earth in this character either comes from folk etymology or its appearence in the Small Seal script.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wā, wa (wa¹, wa⁵／wa⁰)

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄚ, ˙ㄨㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waa¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ôa
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oa

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wā
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wa
  - Wade–Giles: wa¹
  - Yale: wā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ua
  - Palladius: ва (va)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wä⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wa
  - Zhuyin: ˙ㄨㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wå
  - Wade–Giles: wa⁵
  - Yale: wa
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .ua
  - Palladius: ва (va)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wä/

Note: wa - particle.

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: waa¹
  - Yale: wā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wa¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /waː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ôa
  - Hakka Romanization System: ua^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ua¹
  - Sinological IPA: /u̯a²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oa
  - Tâi-lô: ua
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oaf
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ua⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ua³³/

Note: neutral tone.

Middle Chinese: 'ea, 'wae

Rime
Character	哇	哇
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	佳 (31)	麻 (99)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	於佳切	烏瓜切
Baxter	'ea	'wae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠɛ/	/ʔˠua/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚæ/	/ʔʷᵚa/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔæi/	/ʔua/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔaɨj/	/ʔwaɨ/
Li Rong	/ʔɛ/	/ʔua/
Wang Li	/ai/	/wa/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔai/	/ʔwa/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yā	wā
Expected Cantonese Reflex	aai¹	waa¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qreː/, /*qʷraː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	哇	哇
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	4544	4554
Phonetic component	圭	圭
Rime group	支	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	娃	窊
Old Chinese	/*qreː/	/*qʷraː/

Definitions

哇

Interjection indicating surprise or amazement: wow!, gee
哇！你的樣子太酷了！ [MSC, trad.]
哇！你的样子太酷了！ [MSC, simp.]
Wā! Nǐ de yàngzi tài kù le! [Pinyin]
Wow! You look terrific!
(onomatopoeia) sound of crying
(onomatopoeia) sound of vomiting
(Classical) to vomit
其兄自外至，曰：『是鶃鶃之肉也。』出而哇之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
其兄自外至，曰：『是𱊄𱊄之肉也。』出而哇之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE
Qí xiōng zì wài zhì, yuē: ‘Shì yìyì zhī ròu yě.’ Chū ér wā zhī. [Pinyin]
Just then his brother came into the house, and said, "It is the flesh of that cackling thing," upon which he went out and vomited it.
Sentence-final particle: Equivalent of 啊 (a). Only used after words ending in -u, -ao.
好哇！ ― Hǎo wa! ― hurray!

Synonyms

(wow): (Cantonese) 嘩／哗
(sentence-final particle):
- 啊 (ā) after -ng, ci, zi, si, chi, zhi, shi
- 呀 (yā) after -a, -o, -e, -i, -ü
- 哪 (nǎ) after -n

Compounds

哇哇
哇哇叫
哇老誒／哇老诶 (wà láo ei)
哇賽／哇赛
淫哇
熱爪哇／热爪哇 (rèzhǎowā)
爪哇 (Zhǎowā)
爪哇人 (Zhǎowārén)
爪哇國／爪哇国 (Zhǎowāguó)
爪哇島／爪哇岛
爪哇族

Japanese

Kanji

哇

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: え (e)^{←ゑ (we, historical)}
Kan-on: あい (ai)、わ (wa)
Kun: よこしま (yokoshima)、はく (haku, 哇く)、むせぶ (musebu)

Korean

Hanja

哇 (eum 와 (wa))

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Vietnamese

Han character

哇: Hán Nôm readings: oa, òa/oà

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