娲

娲

See also: 媧

娲 U+5A32, 娲 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A32 ← 娱 [U+5A31] CJK Unified Ideographs 娳 → [U+5A33]

Translingual

Etymology

Simplified from 媧 (咼 → 呙)

Han character

娲 (radical 38, 女+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 女口人月 (VROB), composition ⿰女呙)

1. a goddess, the mythological sister and successor to Fu Xi

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 263, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1052, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5A32

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 娲 – see 媧 (“a goddess, the mythological sister and successor to Fu Xi; etc.”). (This character, 娲, is the simplified form of 媧.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.