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Mythic Mandarin

挖 (wā): meaning and stroke order

挖 (wā) means to dig, to excavate, to scoop out.

挖

Simplified
挖
Traditional
挖 (same form)
Pinyin
wā

Stroke order of 挖

挖

  • wā to dig; to excavate
  • 9 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 挖

  1. wā
    • to dig
    • to excavate
    • to scoop out

Radical and structure

挖
Radical 手 (Kangxi radical 64) · 9 strokes · 扌 on the left, 穵 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.

挖 in our stories

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  • 于是，他带着百姓挖河道、开山口，把洪水一步一步引进大海。

    yúshì tā dài zhe bǎixìng wā hédào kāi shānkǒu bǎ hóngshuǐ yí bù yí bù yǐn jìn dàhǎi

    So he led the people in digging channels and cutting through hills, guiding the flood step by step into the sea.

    From the story Yu the Great tames the flood HSK 6

Stories using 挖

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).