wā
frog
Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 圭 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鼃.
Most common words with 蛙
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
frog | ||
frog | ||
breaststroke (swimming) | ||
bullfrog | ||
the frog at the bottom of the well (idiom) |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*qʷˤre | 'wea | wā | frog |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 2.9313% of movies
2438th most common character in movies
2904th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 12 |
Unicode | U+86D9 |
Sources
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