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哇wa

(exclamation) wow. 9 strokes, radical 口, first met in HSK 6.

Pinyin waStrokes 9Radical 口Band HSK 6Words 1

How to write 哇

Strokes 1–3 write 口, then strokes 4–9 write 圭.

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Stroke order chart for 哇 — 9 strokes, radical 口

Write 哇 on the grid

Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.

Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 哇 · the stroke-order rules

What 哇 is made of

口 (kǒu, mouth) and 圭 (guī, jade tablet).

口 carries the meaning — mouth — and 圭 carries the sound.

Words that use 哇

哇(wa) (exclamation) wow
指表示惊叹的语气词

忽然哇的一声大笑起来。Suddenly he burst out laughing with a loud wow.

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Characters that share the sound part 圭

Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.

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More characters with the radical 口

All 80 of them, and what the radical means, on the 口 radical page.

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