Memory phrase for the character: 洼

洼

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Meaning

depression, sunken, swamp, hollow

Pronunciation

wā

Explanation

 Left: water 氵, right: piled earth 圭 (twice earth 土)

Mnemonic
 
Water (aggregates) within piled earth in: a depression.

Radicals

氵 waterSimplified from this water 水
圭 piled earthTwo times earth 土 on top of each other stands for piled-up earth. (Standing alone it has the meaning: jade sceptre)




 Vocabulary

低洼 dī wā  low-lying
洼地 wā dì  depression; low-lying ground
洼地 wā dì  
洼地 wā dì  

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