Dong Chinese dictionary

wò

lie down

Depicts a person (人) with their eye (臣) leaning forward preparing to lie down and sleep.

Components

臣 Iconic component

chén

minister

Depicts an eye.

人 Iconic component

rén

person

Current form looks like 卜.

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 人 than it was in ancient scripts.

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

wò

lie down; crouch

wò

to lie; to crouch

Most common words with 卧

Sources