wǎ
earthenware
Pictograph of an object related to pottery.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 瓦
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
roof tile | ||
kilowatt (unit of electric power) | ||
gas (loanword) | ||
Geneva, Switzerland | ||
to collapse |
Component uses
Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*C.ŋʷˤra[j]ʔ | ngwaeX | wǎ | roof tile |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 15.7296% of movies
1138th most common character in movies
1195th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 4 |
Unicode | U+74E6 |
Shuowen | “瓦，土器已燒之總名。象形。” |
Sources
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