洼 — Chinese character
洼
wā
pit, hollow, depression; swamp
- Pinyin
- wā
- Radical
- 85 ⽔ (Water)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 氵 圭
- Formation
- pictophonetic — water; meaning component 氵; sound component 圭
- Traditional
- 窪
Common words with 洼
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 低洼 (低窪) | dī wā | low-lying |
| 洼地 (窪地) | wā dì | low-lying ground; depression |
| 坑坑洼洼 (坑坑窪窪) | kēng keng wā wā | full of pits and hollows; bumpy |
| 水洼 (水窪) | shuǐ wā | puddle |
| 坑洼 (坑窪) | kēng wā | hole; hollow; depression; low-lying |
| 山洼 (山窪) | shān wā | mountain hollow; mountain depression |
洼 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: 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.