臥

臥 (Kangxi radical 131, 臣+2, 8 strokes in Chinese, 9 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 尸中人 (SLO), four-corner 7870₀, composition ⿰臣人)

• 䖙, 䭆, 𠥸 (Only for Taiwan standardized character forms. Mainland China characters contain 卧 instead of 臥)
• 𭈌, 𦱽, 𧗄, 𧨭, 𧇬, 𫇉

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 999, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30071
• Dae Jaweon: page 1450, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2801, character 3
• Unihan data for U+81E5

Historical forms of the character 臥
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 臣 (“eye pointing down”) + 人 (“person”).

臥

1. to lie down
2. to sleep; to rest
3. (of animals) to crouch
4. (literary) to live in seclusion; to retreat
5. (regional) to poach (to cook in boiling water)
6. (in compounds) containing a bed; used for sleeping

   臥房／卧房  ―  wòfáng  ―  bedroom

   臥鋪／卧铺  ―  wòpù  ―  sleeping berth

7. (in compounds) sleeper

   軟臥／软卧  ―  ruǎnwò  ―  soft sleeper

   硬臥／硬卧  ―  yìngwò  ―  hard sleeper

• (to live in seclusion):

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. to lie down
2. prostrate

• Go-on: が (ga)^{←ぐわ (gwa, historical)}
• Kan-on: が (ga)^{←ぐわ (gwa, historical)}
• Kun: がす (gasu, 臥す)、こゆ (koyu, 臥ゆ)、こやす (koyasu, 臥す)、こやる (koyaru, 臥る)、ふす (fusu, 臥す)、ふさる (fusaru, 臥さる)、ふせる (fuseru, 臥せる)

From Middle Chinese 臥 (MC ngwaH).

• IPA^(key):

臥(が) • (ga) ^{←ぐわ (gwa)?}

1. to bend down; to lie down; to prostrate

臥 • (wa) (hangeul 와)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

臥: Hán Nôm readings: ngọa/ngoạ, ngọa/ngoạ

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.