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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 哇

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
哇 wā - Wow!
- sound of a child's crying
- sound of vomiting
哇 wa - replaces 啊[a5] when following the vowel "u" or "ao"

List Ranking for: 哇

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
6 6 361 1,165 269

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰ 口 圭

Radical:

口

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

圭

Semantic:

口

Hint:

Mouth

Other Words Containing 哇

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
哇 6 6 361 1,165 269
哇哇 - - 12,333 8,885 3,188
哇塞 - - 12,998 - -
爪哇 - - 30,791 41,419 53,723