哇 — Chinese character
哇
wa
to vomit; an infant's cry
- Pinyin
- wa
- Radical
- 30 ⼝ (Mouth)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 口 圭
- Formation
- pictophonetic — mouth; meaning component 口; sound component 圭
- Japanese
- 哇 as a kanji
Common words with 哇
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 哇哇 | wā wā | sound of crying |
| 好哇 | hǎo wā | hurray!; hurrah! |
| 卡哇伊 | kǎ wā yī | cute; adorable |
| 哇塞 | wā sāi | (slang) wow!; also pr. [wa1sei1] |
| 哇噻 | wā sāi | variant of 哇塞 (wā sāi) |
| 卡哇依 | kǎ wā yī | variant of 卡哇伊 (kǎ wā yī) |
| 哇沙比 | wā shā bǐ | wasabi (loanword) (Tw) |
| 哇沙米 | wā shā mǐ | wasabi (loanword) (Tw) |
| 哇靠 | wā kào | (Tw) whoa!; holy crap! jeez! (from Taiwanese 我哭, Tai-lo pr. [goá khàu], "I cry!") |
English words written with 哇
哇 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Mencius 1 · Zhuangzi 1
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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