懂中文 Dong Chinese

倭

wō

dwarf

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 委 represents the sound.

Components
亻 meaning component

亻  Meaning component

rén

  

person

亻 is a component form of 人.

委 sound component

委  Sound component

wěi, wēi

  

bent, winding

Evolution

倭 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
倭 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

倭  

wō

dwarf; dwarfish, short; Japanese (derog.) (old)

Most common words with 倭
Freq.
Word
Meaning

倭

dwarf

倭寇

Japanese pirates (in 16th and 17th century)

倭人

dwarf

倭瓜

(dialect) pumpkin