窊

窊 U+7A8A, 窊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7A8A ← 窉 [U+7A89] CJK Unified Ideographs 窋 → [U+7A8B]

Translingual

Han character

窊 (Kangxi radical 116, 穴+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 十金竹女人 (JCHVO), four-corner 3023₂, composition ⿱穴瓜)

Derived characters

• 搲 溛 䠚 攨

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 864, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25467
• Dae Jaweon: page 1292, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2726, character 8
• Unihan data for U+7A8A

Chinese

trad.		窊
simp. #		窊

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
瓜	*kʷraː
坬	*kʷraːs
窊	*qʷraː, *qʷraːs
畖	*qʷraː
搲	*qʷraːs
攨	*qʷraːs
孤	*kʷaː
苽	*kʷaː
胍	*kʷaː
泒	*kʷaː
呱	*kʷaː
觚	*kʷaː
柧	*kʷaː
罛	*kʷaː
軱	*kʷaː
菰	*kʷaː
箛	*kʷaː
狐	*ɡʷaː
弧	*ɡʷlaː

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wā (wa¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waa¹

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• 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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waa¹
    • Yale: wā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waː⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'wae, 'waeH

Rime
Character	窊	窊
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	麻 (99)	麻 (99)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	烏瓜切	烏㕦切
Baxter	'wae	'waeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠua/	/ʔˠuaH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷᵚa/	/ʔʷᵚaH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔua/	/ʔuaH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔwaɨ/	/ʔwaɨH/
Li Rong	/ʔua/	/ʔuaH/
Wang Li	/wa/	/waH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔwa/	/ʔwaH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wā	wà
Expected Cantonese Reflex	waa1	waa3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʷraː/, /*qʷraːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	窊	窊
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	4342	4344
Phonetic component	瓜	瓜
Rime group	魚	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	窊
Old Chinese	/*qʷraː/	/*qʷraːs/
Notes		廣韻化作口下大

Definitions

窊

1. pit, vault
2. to store in a pit
3. lowland swamp
4. (Cantonese) arm (body)

Japanese

Kanji

窊

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): わ (wa); え (e)
• Kun: くぼむ (kubomu)

Korean

Hanja

窊 • (wa) (hangeul 와, revised wa, McCune–Reischauer wa, Yale wa)

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