wā
a goddess
Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 咼 represents the sound.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 媧
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
Nüwa (creator of humans in Chinese mythology) | ||
surname Wa | ||
Nüwa (creator of humans in Chinese mythology) |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
4241st most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 11 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+5AA7 |
Shuowen | “媧,古之神聖女,化萬物者也。从女,咼聲。,籀文媧从。” |
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