哇

哇 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 口土土 (RGG), four-corner 6401₄, composition ⿰口圭)

• KangXi: page 189, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3593
• Dae Jaweon: page 408, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 611, character 5
• Unihan data for U+54C7

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qreː, *qʷraː) : semantic 口 + phonetic 圭 (OC *kʷeː).

哇

1. Interjection indicating surprise or amazement: wow!, gee

   哇！你的樣子太酷了！ [MSC, trad.]
   哇！你的样子太酷了！ [MSC, simp.]

   Wā! Nǐ de yàngzi tài kù le! [Pinyin]

   Wow! You look terrific!

2. (onomatopoeia) sound of crying
3. (onomatopoeia) sound of vomiting
4. (Classical Chinese) to vomit

   其兄自外至，曰：『是鶃鶃之肉也。』出而哇之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
   其兄自外至，曰：‘是𱊄𱊄之肉也。’出而哇之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

   Qí xiōng zì wài zhì, yuē: ‘Shì yìyì zhī ròu yě.’ Chū ér wā zhī. [Pinyin]

   Just then his brother came into the house, and said, "It is the flesh of that cackling thing," upon which he went out and vomited it.

5. Sentence-final particle: Equivalent of 啊 (a). Only used after words ending in -u, -ao.

   好哇！  ―  Hǎo wa!  ―  hurray!

• (wow): (Cantonese) 嘩／哗
• (sentence-final particle):
  • 啊 (ā) after -ng, ci, zi, si, chi, zhi, shi
  • 呀 (yā) after -a, -o, -e, -i, -ü
  • 哪 (nǎ) after -n

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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• Go-on: え (e)^{←ゑ (we, historical)}
• Kan-on: あい (ai); わ (wa)
• Kun: よこしま (yokoshima); はく (haku, 哇く); むせぶ (musebu)

哇 (eum 와 (wa))

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哇: Hán Nôm readings: oa, òa/oà

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