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娃
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newborn

HSK 6
Human →Relations →Family
wá
ア、アイ、ワ
うつく.しい
왜, 와
Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 圭 represents the sound.
Components
女 woman+ 圭 jade pointed at top =
娃 newborn
女 Meaning component
nǚ woman
woman, girl
圭 Phonetic component
guī jade pointed at top
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Notes
Similar Characters
佞 glib囡 one's daughter奶 milk奸 crafty她 she奼 colorful (trad)好 good妁 act as go-between妄 absurd妆 adorn (simp)妈 mama (simp)妊 conceive妍 seductive妒 jealous of妓 prostitute妖 bewitching妗 wife of mother's brother妙 wonderful妝 put on makeup (trad)妞 girl
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
娃
Regular
Modern
Chinese
娃 [wá]
baby; doll
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (51)
娃娃 [wá​wa] #2,622
baby
伊娃 [Yī​wá] #8,073
Eva (name)
洋娃娃 [yáng​wá​wa] #9,900
doll (of Western appearance)
夏娃 [Xià​wá] #13,024
Eve (in Protestant versions of the Bible) (from Hebrew Ḥawwāh, probably via Cantonese 夏娃 {Haa6waa1})
娃儿 [wá​'ér] #42,944
children (colloquial)
娃儿 [wá​'ér] #42,944
children (colloquial)
莎拉波娃 [Shā​lā​bō​wá] #21,371
Sharapova (Russian female tennis star)
娃子 [wá​zi] #25,402
baby
福娃 [Fú​wá] #48,799
Fuwa (official 2008 Olympic mascots)
娃娃鱼 [wá​wa​yú] #39,033
Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus)
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JAPANESE WORDS (2)
娃々菜 [わわさい]
baby Chinese cabbage
娃鬟 [あいかん]
beautiful woman