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Mythic Mandarin

娲 (Wā): meaning and stroke order

娲 (Wā) means surname Wa, sister of legendary emperor Fuxi 伏羲.

娲

Simplified
娲
Traditional
媧
Pinyin
Wā

Stroke order of 娲

娲

  • Wā surname Wa; sister of legendary emperor Fuxi 伏羲[Fu2 xi1]
  • 10 strokes
  • Traditional form: 媧

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 娲

  1. Wā Traditional 媧
    • surname Wa
    • sister of legendary emperor Fuxi 伏羲[Fu2 xi1]

Radical and structure

娲
Radical 女 (Kangxi radical 38) · 10 strokes · 女 on the left, 呙 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).