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倭

wō

Character

What 倭 means

1. dwarf
2. Japanese (derog.) (old)

Words starting with 倭

• 倭寇Wō kòuJapanese pirates (in 16th and 17th century)
• 倭人wō réndwarf; (old) (derog.) Japanese person
• 倭瓜wō guā(dialect) pumpkin
• 倭军wō jūnJapanese army (derog.) (old)
• 倭黑猩猩wō hēi xīng xingbonobo; pygmy chimpanzee
• 倭马亚王朝Wō mǎ yà Wáng cháoUmayyad Empire (661-750, in Iberia -1031), successor of the Rashidun caliphate

Words containing 倭

• 台倭Tái wō(derogatory for Taiwanese) Jap lover
• 壬辰倭乱rén chén wō luànImjin war, Japanese invasion of Korea 1592-1598

Characters that look like 倭

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 修xiūto decorate; to embellish; to repair
• 侮wǔto insult; to ridicule; to disgrace
• 惕tìfearful; respectful
• 倏shūsudden; abrupt; Taiwan pr. shù
• 诿wěito shirk; to give excuses
• 偻lóuused in 佝偻; used in 偻㑩

Sounds the same

Read wō, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 窝nest; pit or hollow on the human body; lair
• 喔(onomatopoeia) cry of a rooster (usu. reduplicated); Taiwan pr. wò
• 涡eddy; whirlpool
• 挝used 老挝
• 蜗snail; Taiwan pr. guā; see 蜗牛
• 莴used in 莴苣; used in 莴笋
• 薶to make dirty; to soil
• 踒to slip and sprain a limb