Chinese Character Wiki
卧

wò

lie down

Depicts a person (人) with their eye (臣) leaning forward preparing to lie down and sleep.

Components
臣 iconic component

臣  Iconic component

chén

  

minister

Depicts an eye.

人 iconic component

人  Iconic component

rén

  

person

Current form looks like 卜.

Evolution

卧 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
卧 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
卧 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
卧 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

卧  

wò

lie down; crouch

卧 (臥) 

wò

to lie; to crouch

Most common words with 卧
Freq.
Word
Meaning

卧室

bedroom

卧

to lie

卧底

a mole

俯卧撑

push-up

卧倒

to lie down

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 19.0453% of movies

1494th most common character in movies

1944th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Traditional

臥

Unicode

U+5367


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