窪

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See also: 洼
窪 U+7AAA, 窪
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7AAA
← 窩
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 窫 →

Translingual

Han character

窪 (Kangxi radical 116, 穴+9, 14 strokes, cangjie input 十金水土土 (JCEGG), four-corner 30114, composition ⿱穴洼)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 866, character 61
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25580
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1295, character 21
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2736, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+7AAA

Chinese

trad. 窪
simp. 洼*
alternative forms 䨟
漥
凹
𮄂
𪶙

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

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 窪
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 麻 (99)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) II
Fanqie 烏瓜切
Baxter 'wae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʔˠua/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʔʷᵚa/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʔua/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʔwaɨ/
Li
Rong 		/ʔua/
Wang
Li 		/wa/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ʔwa/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		wā
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		waa1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 窪
Reading # 1/1
No. 4555
Phonetic
component 		圭
Rime
group 		魚
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		窊
Old
Chinese 		/*qʷraː/

Definitions

窪

  1. hollow; low-lying; sunken
  2. depression; low-lying area
  3. to sink

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

窪

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

  1. depression
  2. cave in
  3. sink
  4. become hollow

Readings

  • Go-on: え (e)
  • Kan-on: わ (wa)
  • On: あ (a)
  • Kun: くぼ (kubo, 窪)、くぼむ (kubomu, 窪む)

Korean

Hanja

窪 (eum 와 (wa))

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Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Han character

窪: Hán Việt readings: oa (烏(ô)瓜(qua)切(thiết))[1]

  1. chữ Hán form of oa (“hollow; pit; depression; swamp”).

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Trần (2004).
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