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哇 (wa / wā): Wah — Stroke Order & Writing Guide

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1.

Animated Stroke Order 哇

Watch the stroke order, then trace it yourself.

How to write 哇 — animated stroke order
2.

Readings & Meanings

哇has 2 distinct pronunciations with different meanings

wa
  • wow
    part.HSK 6
wā
3.

Stroke Order Diagrams 哇

哇 stroke order diagram
4.

Character Breakdown

Left-Right
哇
口kǒu · mouth
圭guī
哇=
5.

Printable Writing Worksheet: 哇

哇 handwriting practice worksheet preview
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6.

Related Words: 哇

哇哇 • wā wā • crying sound (baby)
wā哇
wā哇

crying sound (baby)

7.

Example Sentences

wa哇
，
zhè这
fú幅
huà画
zhēn真
piào

Information

Pinyinwa / wā
Meaningwah; sound of crying
Strokes9
Radical口
Traditional哇
StructureLeft-Right
Frequency#1570
Zhuyinㄨㄚ
UnicodeU+54C7
CangjieRGG
wah; sound of crying
onom.HSK 3.0 · L6
口kǒu · mouth
+圭guī
哇塞 • wā sāi • wow; gee (interjection of surprise)
wā哇
sāi塞

wow; gee (interjection of surprise)

哇奥 • wā ào • wow (exclamation of surprise)
wā哇
ào奥

wow (exclamation of surprise)

漂
liang亮
！

Wow, this painting is really beautiful!

wā哇
，
zhè这
lǐ里
de的
fēng风
jǐng景
tài太
měi美
le了
！

Wow, the scenery here is so beautiful!

wā哇
sāi塞
，
zhè这
ge个
biǎo表
yǎn演
tài太
jīng精
cǎi彩
le了
！

Wow, this performance is amazing!

wā哇
ào奥
，
zhè这
ge个
dàn蛋
gāo糕
zhēn真
piào漂
liang亮
！

Wow, this cake is really beautiful!

hǎo好
wā哇
，
wǒ我
men们
míng明
tiān天
yì一
qǐ起
qù去
gōng公
yuán园
ba吧
！

Great! Let's go to the park together tomorrow!

yīng婴
ér儿
zài在
fáng房
jiān间
lǐ里
wā哇
wā哇
dà大
kū哭
。

The baby is crying loudly in the room.

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  • 叼diāohold in the mouth
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Same Sound

Characters pronounced "wa".

  • 洼wāhollow; pit; depression; swamp
  • 袜wàsocks; stockings
  • 娃wábaby, child, doll
  • 挖wāto dig, to excavate
  • 蛙wāfrog
  • 瓦wǎtile; earthenware
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Same Radical

Characters with radical "口".

  • 嗨hāi[sound used in lyrics for balance or euphony]
  • 喃nánkeep talking, chattering; mumble
  • 喔wōdescriptive of crying or of crowing
  • 嗣sìto connect, inherit; descendants, heirs
  • 咯gēfinal particle
  • 嘎gǎsound of laughter; bad, malevolent
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