Unicode: U+54C7

Pinyin: wa wā

Definition

wā:* 象声词,形容哭声、呕吐声。 ~地吐了一地。 * 指靡靡之音。 淫~。 wb:* wB ㄨㄚ 助词,大致相当于"啊"(前面紧挨着的音一定是u、ao、ou等结尾的)多好~!快走~!

vomit; cry of an infant

Structure

哇 graph

Related substructures

Precursors

Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
27_54C7
Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
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Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC