娃
wá HSK6

doll, baby

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Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 圭 represents the sound.

Components

女
女 Meaning component
圭
圭 Sound component
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqreː

說文解字

《說文》：“娃，圜深目皃。或曰，吳楚之間謂好曰娃。从女，圭聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)