袜 - Dong Chinese dictionary

wà

socks

Phonosemantic compound. 衤 represents the meaning and 末 represents the sound. Simplified form of 襪.

Components

衤 Meaning component

yī

clothes

衤 is a component form of 衣.

末 Sound component

mò

end

袜 and 末 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

Evolution

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

wà

socks, stockings; socks; stockings

wà

variant of 韤|袜[wà]

wà

variant of 襪|袜[wà]

Most common words with 袜

Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 8.3774% of movies

1994th most common character in movies

3045th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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