洼
depression; low-lying area; low-lying; sunken
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How 洼 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
氵 (semantic, “water”) + 圭 (phonetic, guī)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 圭
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 圭 (guī) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 圭 sound component | guī | jade tablet |
| 挂 | guà | to suspend, to put up, to hang; suspense |
| 鞋 | xié | shoes, footwear in general |
| 街 | jiē | street, road, thoroughfare |
| 佳 | jiā | good, auspicious; beautiful; delightful |
| 桂 | guì | cassia, cinnamon |
| 硅 | guī | silicon |
| 哇 | wā | to vomit; an infant's cry |
| 闺 | guī | women's quarters; lady's apartment |
| 蛙 | wā | frog |
| 奎 | kuí | a man's stride; a constellation |
| 卦 | guà | divination, fortune-telling |
| 畦 | qí | sections in a vegetable farm |
| 眭 | suī | a piercing gaze; the evil eye |
| 筀 | guì | bamboo (archaic) |
| 絓 | guà | to hinder, to obstruct |
| 鲑 | guī | salmon; Spheroides vermicularis |
| 恚 | huì | anger, rage |
| 诖 | guà | error, mistake; to deceive, to mislead |
Words containing 洼
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大洼区 | Dà wā Qū | Dawa, a district of Panjin City 盤錦市|盘锦市[Pan2 jin3 Shi4], Liaoning |
| 大洼 | Dà wā | see 大窪區|大洼区[Da4 wa1 Qu1] |
| 山洼 | shān wā | mountain hollow; mountain depression |
| 水洼 | shuǐ wā | puddle |
| 洼地 | wā dì | low-lying ground; depression |
| 低洼 | dī wā | low-lying |
| 坑洼 | kēng wā | hole; hollow; depression; low-lying |
| 坑坑洼洼 | kēng keng wā wā | full of pits and hollows; bumpy |