• 2428th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 12 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (wa1)Wow! • sound of child's crying • sound of vomiting
2. wa (wa5)replaces 啊[a5] when following the vowel "u" or "ao"

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Uncommon

卡哇伊 
哇哇 
哇噻 
哇塞 
好哇 

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  • 5778th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 3 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. sāi (sai1)used in transliteration

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for sāi (sai1)The component is pronounced as 'sāi' (sai1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for sāi (sai1)The component is pronounced as 'sài' (sai4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
3. Pronunciation clue for sāi (sai1)The component is pronounced as '' (se4). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Uncommon

哇噻 

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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