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Translingual
Han character
洼 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 水土土 (EGG), four-corner 34114, composition ⿰氵圭)
- hollow
- pit
- depression
- swamp
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 622, character 20
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17425
- Dae Jaweon: page 1019, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1601, character 7
- Unihan data for U+6D3C
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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街
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*kreː, *kreː
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鞋
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*ɡreː, *ɡreː, *ɡreː
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娾
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*ŋreː, *ŋreːʔ
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佳
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*kreː
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鮭
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*ɡreː, *kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
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涯
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*ŋreː, *ŋre
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崖
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*ŋreː, *ŋre
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啀
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*ŋreː
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厓
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*ŋreː
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捱
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*ŋreː
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睚
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*ŋreːs
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娃
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*qreː
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洼
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*qreː, *qʷraː, *kʷeː
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哇
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*qreː, *qʷraː
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胿
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*ɡeː, *kʷeː
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溎
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*qeːns
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觟
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*ɡʷraːʔ
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黊
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*ɡʷraːʔ, *ɡʷreːs, *ɡʷeː
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蘳
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*ɡʷraːʔ, *qʰʷe
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蛙
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*qʷraː, *qʷreː
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窪
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*qʷraː
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卦
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*kʷreːs
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挂
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*kʷreːs
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掛
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*kʷreːs
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詿
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*kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs
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罣
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*kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs, *kʷeːs
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絓
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*kʰʷreː, *ɡʷreːs
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鼃
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*ɢʷreː, *qʷreː
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圭
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*kʷeː
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珪
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*kʷeː
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邽
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*kʷeː
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閨
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*kʷeː
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袿
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*kʷeː
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窐
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*kʷeː, *ɡʷeː
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茥
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*kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
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桂
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*kʷeːs
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筀
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*kʷeːs
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奎
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*kʰʷeː
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刲
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*kʰʷeː
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蝰
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*kʰʷeː
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楏
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*kʰʷeː
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睳
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*qʰʷeː
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畦
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*ɡʷeː
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眭
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*ɡʷeː, *sqʰʷe, *qʰʷe, *qʰʷi
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烓
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*qʷeː, *kʰʷeːŋʔ
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跬
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*kʰʷeʔ
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恚
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*qʷes
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硅
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*qʰʷreɡ
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Etymology 1
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Definitions
洼
- a surname
References
Japanese
Kanji
洼
(Hyōgai kanji)
- hollow
- pit
- depression
- swamp
Readings
Korean
Hanja
洼 • (wa) (hangeul 와, revised wa, McCune–Reischauer wa, Yale wa)
- pool
- deep pond