earthenware

Pictograph of an object related to pottery.

Evolution

瓦 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
瓦 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
瓦 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

tile; earthenware pottery; girl; roof tile; abbr. for 瓦特[wǎ​tè]

Most common words with 瓦
Freq.
Word
Meaning

roof tile

千瓦

kilowatt (unit of electric power)

瓦斯

gas (loanword)

日内瓦

Geneva, Switzerland

瓦解

to collapse

Component uses

Meaning component in 13 characters (3 verified)

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*C.ŋʷˤra[j]ʔ

ngwaeX

roof tile


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 15.7296% of movies

1138th most common character in movies

1195th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

4

Unicode

U+74E6

Shuowen

“瓦,土器已燒之總名。象形。”


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