娃

娃 U+5A03, 娃
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A03
← 娂
[U+5A02]
CJK Unified Ideographs 娄 →
[U+5A04]

Translingual

Han character

娃 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女土土 (VGG), four-corner 44414, composition ⿰女圭)

References

  • KangXi: page 261, character 29
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6262
  • Dae Jaweon: page 528, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1042, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+5A03

Chinese

trad. 娃
simp. # 娃

Glyph origin

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

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 娃
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 佳 (31)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 於佳切
Baxter 'ea
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔˠɛ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔᵚæ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔæi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔaɨj/
Li
Rong
/ʔɛ/
Wang
Li
/ai/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔai/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yā
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
aai1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 娃
Reading # 1/1
No. 4542
Phonetic
component
圭
Rime
group
支
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
娃
Old
Chinese
/*qreː/

Definitions

娃

  1. † beautiful
  2. † beautiful girl
  3. girl; lady; female
  4. child; kid; infant
  5. child (son or daughter)
  6. (regional) son
  7. (regional) young animal
  8. doll
    洋娃娃  ―  yángwáwa  ―  doll
Synonyms

Compounds

  • 拴娃娃
  • 村娃
  • 泥娃娃 (níwáwa)
  • 洋娃娃 (yángwáwa)
  • 生娃 (shēngwá)
  • 碎娃
  • 虔娃
  • 金娃娃
  • 吳娃/吴娃
  • 吳娃越豔/吴娃越艳
  • 大頭娃娃/大头娃娃
  • 娃兒/娃儿 (wár)
  • 娃娃氣/娃娃气
  • 娃娃臉/娃娃脸 (wáwaliǎn)
  • 娃娃裝/娃娃装
  • 娃娃車/娃娃车

Pronunciation


Definitions

娃

  1. a surname

Japanese

Kanji

娃

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. beautiful (used only for names)

Readings

Etymology

Kanji in this term
娃
あい
Jinmeiyō
kan’on

Sino-Japanese.

The 漢音 (kan'on) reading, so likely a later borrowing.

Affix

娃(あい) • (ai) 

  1. beauty, beautiful girl (generally only used in names)

Korean

Hanja

娃 • (wae) (hangeul 왜)

  1. baby
  2. doll
  3. pretty girl

Vietnamese

Han character

娃: Hán Nôm readings: oa

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