Memory phrase for the character: 瓦

瓦

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Meaning

roof tile, watt (electr.)

Pronunciation

wǎ

Explanation

 Image of overlapping roof tiles and locked by a nail 丶

Mnemonic
 
Interlocked by a hook: two roof tiles.

Radicals

瓦 tile
丶 dotIn many languages (such as French), short strokes are used above the letters to express an emphasis. This stroke 丶 is used in the mnemonics accordingly.




 Vocabulary

瓦解 wǎ jiě  to collapse; to disintegrate; to crumble
瓦砾 wǎ lì  rubble; debris
瓦楞 wǎ léng  rows of tiles; corrugated
琉璃瓦 liú lí wǎ  glazed roof tile
拉瓦锡 Lā wǎ xī  Antoine Lavoisier (1743-1794), French nobleman and scientist, considered the father of modern chemistry
博茨瓦纳 Bó cí wǎ nà  Botswana
萨尔瓦多 Sà ěr wǎ duō  El Salvador
千瓦 qiān wǎ  kilowatt (unit of electric power)
黄钟毁弃瓦釜雷鸣 huáng zhōng huǐ qì wǎ fǔ léi míng  lit. earthern pots make more noise than classical bells; good men are discarded in favor of bombastic ones (idiom)
黄钟毁弃瓦釜雷鸣 huáng zhōng huǐ qì wǎ fǔ léi míng  

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