Memory phrase for the character: 哇

哇

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Meaning Wow!, sound of child's crying or of vomiting

Pronunciation

wā, wa

Explanation

Comprises: to vomit 吐 (From his mouth 口 to the ground 土 he disgorged his vomit) with an extra earth 土) [Or: heaps of earth 圭]

Mnemonic
 
To vomit on the ground sounds like crying or vomiting.

Radicals

口 mouth, openingThis is a small square. If it is bigger: 囗, it is an enclosure.
圭 piled earthTwo times earth 土 on top of each other stands for piled-up earth. (Standing alone it has the meaning: jade sceptre)
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 Vocabulary

爪哇岛 Zhǎo wā Dǎo  Java (island of Indonesia)
爪哇 Zhǎo wā  Java (island of Indonesia); Java (programming language)
松巴哇岛 Sōng bā wā dǎo  Sumbawa, Indonesian island east of Java
松巴哇岛 Sōng bā wā dǎo  

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