窩

See also: 窝

窩	U+7AA9, 窩 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7AA9

← 窨
[U+7AA8]

CJK Unified Ideographs

窪 →
[U+7AAA]

Translingual

Han character

窩 (Kangxi radical 116, 穴+9, 14 strokes, cangjie input 十金月月口 (JCBBR), four-corner 3022₇, composition ⿱穴咼)

Derived characters

𡁮, 𭒨

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 866, character 60
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25579
Dae Jaweon: page 1295, character 20
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2733, character 4
Unihan data for U+7AA9

Chinese

trad.		窩
simp.		窝

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (冎) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
碢	*l'oːl
腡	ɡ·roːl, kʷroːl
過	kloːl, kloːls
渦	kloːl, qloːl
鍋	*kloːl
楇	kloːl, ɡloːls
瘑	*kloːl
緺	koːl, kroːl, *kʷroːl
堝	*kloːl
濄	kloːl, qloːl
鐹	kloːlʔ, kloːls
薖	*kʰloːl
簻	kʰloːl, kr'oːl
禍	*ɡloːlʔ
窩	*qloːl
萵	*qloːl
檛	*kr'oːl
膼	*kr'oːl
蝸	kroːl, kʷroːl
媧	kroːl, kʷroːl
騧	kroːl, kʷroːl
冎	*kroːlʔ
剮	*kroːlʔ
諣	qʰroːls, qʰʷroːls
歄	*kʷroːl
咼	*kʰʷroːl
喎	*kʰʷroːl

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qloːl) : semantic 穴 (“cave”) + phonetic 咼 (OC *kʰʷroːl).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): wō (wo¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄛ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): o¹

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): вә (və, I)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): wo¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): vo¹
Gan (Wiktionary): uo¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): vô

(Meixian, Guangdong): vo¹
Jin (Wiktionary): ve¹
Northern Min (KCR): uá
Eastern Min (BUC): uŏ
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): o / o͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): o¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹u
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): o¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wō
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄛ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wo
  - Wade–Giles: wo¹
  - Yale: wō
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uo
  - Palladius: во (vo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔ⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: o¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: o
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /o⁵⁵/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: вә (və, I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /və²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: wo¹
  - Yale: wō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wo¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wo¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔː⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: vo¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /vᵘɔ³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: uo¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /uo⁴²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vô
  - Hakka Romanization System: vo^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: vo¹
  - Sinological IPA: /vo²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: vo¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ʋo⁴⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: ve¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /vɤ¹¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: uá
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ua⁵⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: uŏ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /uo⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o
  - Tâi-lô: o
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oy
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /o³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɤ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /o⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘
  - Tâi-lô: oo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: of
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔ³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: o¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: o
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /o³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹u
  - MiniDict: u^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹u
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /u⁵³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: o¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /o³³/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 窩
Mandarin	Beijing	/uo⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/uo⁴⁴/ /uo⁵³/ 地名
	Tianjin	/uo²¹/
	Jinan	/və²¹³/
	Qingdao	/və²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/uo²⁴/
	Xi'an	/uo²¹/
	Xining	/u⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/və⁴⁴/
	Lanzhou	/və³¹/
	Ürümqi	/vɤ⁴⁴/
	Wuhan	/uo⁵⁵/
	Chengdu	/o⁵⁵/
	Guiyang	/o⁵⁵/
	Kunming	/o⁴⁴/
	Nanjing	/o³¹/
	Hefei	/ʊ²¹/
Jin	Taiyuan	/vɤ¹¹/
	Pingyao	/uei¹³/
	Hohhot	/vɤ³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/u⁵³/
	Suzhou	/əu⁵⁵/
	Hangzhou	/ʔo³³/
	Wenzhou	/v̠u³³/
Hui	Shexian	/o³¹/
Hui	Tunxi	/o¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/o³³/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/o³³/
Gan	Nanchang	/uo⁴²/
Hakka	Meixian	/vo⁴⁴/
Hakka	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/wɔ⁵³/
	Nanning	/wɔ⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/wɔ⁵⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/o⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/uo⁴⁴/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/ua⁵⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/o³³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/o²³/

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qloːl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	窩
Reading #	1/1
No.	4378
Phonetic component	冎
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	倭
Old Chinese	/*qloːl/
Notes	𡑟後起字

Definitions

窩

nest
1. thing or place resembling a nest
cave; den
(figurative) hiding place
depression; pit; dimple; socket
to bend
to be choked (with emotion)
to hide something; to cause something to not be found
to lay idle
(colloquial) to stay (in a place)
Classifier for litter; brood.
(Internet slang) Eye dialect spelling of 我 (wǒ, “I; me”).
窩不知道／窝不知道 ― wō bù zhīdào ― I don't know~ (a Taiwanese Internet meme)

Synonyms

(I, me):

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予 (Classical)
余 (Classical)
俺 (dialectal Mandarin)
僕／仆 (pú) (literary, humble)
區區／区区 (qūqū) (literary, humble)
台 (Classical)
吾 (Classical)
妾 (qiè) (archaic, humble, use by women)
孤 (gū) (used by emperor)
我佬 (Mainland, internet slang)
朕 (zhèn) (Classical)
爺／爷 (yé) (colloquial, derogatory or familiar)
老子 (lǎozi) (colloquial male)

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

窩

(Hyōgai kanji)

cave
pouch

Readings

Go-on: わ (wa)
Kan-on: わ (wa)
Kan’yō-on: か (ka)
Kun: むろ (muro, 窩)

Korean

Hanja

窩 • (wa) (hangeul 와)

a dugout hut
nest
cave

Vietnamese

Han character

窩: Hán Nôm readings: oa

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