瓦
HSK 7freq #3722
Meanings
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- 1.roof tile
- 2.abbr. for 瓦特[wǎ tè]
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Wiktionary
- 1.earthenware; earthenware pottery
- 2.tile (roof covering)
- 3.back of shield (arching, as if it is covered by tile)
- 4.amusement park; market
- 5.protecting plate of wheel
- 6.Ancient placename in modern Hua County, Henan.
- 7.a surname, Wa
- 8.to tile; to cover with tiles
- 9.Used in transcription.
- 10.gram (unit of mass)
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Etymology
Pictogram (象形) – fired earthenware pottery, or a tile. Possibly derived from 化 (OC *hŋʷraːls, “to transform”) by eliminating causative devoicing and adding an endoactive rising tone (上聲), literally “that which has transformed (through fire)” (Schuessler, 2007).
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Derived terms
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Related words
瓦解 to collapse; to disintegrate; to crumble砖瓦 tiles and bricks瓦亮 shiny瓦器 pottery瓦利 Váli (son of Odin)瓦砚 ink stone or ink slab made from an antique palace tile瓦砾 rubble涅瓦 the Nyeva or Neva river (through St Petersburg)苏瓦 Suva, capital of Fiji千瓦 kilowatt瓦特 (loanword) watt弄瓦 (literary) to have a baby girl; to celebrate the birth of a daughter