窪

窪

See also: 洼

窪 U+7AAA, 窪 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7AAA ← 窩 [U+7AA9] CJK Unified Ideographs 窫 → [U+7AAB]

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: 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

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Chinese

trad.		窪
simp.		洼*
alternative forms		漥 凹

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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wā (wa¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waa¹
• Min Nan (POJ): oa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wā
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wa
    • Wade–Giles: wa¹
    • Yale: wā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ua
    • Palladius: ва (va)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: waa¹
    • Yale: wā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waː⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oa
    • Tâi-lô: ua
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oaf
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ua⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ua³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʔˠua/

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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠua/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷᵚa/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔua/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔwaɨ/
Li Rong	/ʔua/
Wang Li	/wa/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔwa/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wā
Expected Cantonese Reflex	waa1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʷraː/

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

低窪／低洼 (dīwā) 坑坑窪窪／坑坑洼洼 (kēngkengwāwā) 大窪／大洼 (Dàwā)

楊樹窪／杨树洼 (Yángshùwā) 窪地／洼地 (wādì) 窪然／洼然

羅窪／罗洼 (Luówā) 鼻窪子／鼻洼子

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Japanese

Kanji

窪

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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)

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Korean

Hanja

窪 (eum 와 (wa))

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Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• 洼 (oa)[1]

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. Trần (2004).