渥 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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wò

moisten

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 屋 represents the sound.

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

屋 Sound component

wū

house, room

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

wò

moisten, soak; great, deep; dye; to enrich; to moisten

Most common words with 渥

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	渥	to enrich
	渥太华	Ottawa, capital of Canada

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
qˤrok (or ʔˤrok ?)	'aewk	wò	moisten, smear

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4191st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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