Use your mouse
to draw a Chinese
character here
Pinyin: wōEnglish Definition: nest; pit or hollow on the human body; lair; den; place; to harbor or shelter; to hold in check; to bend; classifier for litters and broodsChinese Definition: ①鸟兽昆虫的巢穴。［合］鸡窝；鸟窝。
②巢穴，窟，尤指用作隐藏或避难用的洞穴。［合］贼窝；土匪窝；窝窝凹凹(偏僻处)。
③身体表面的天然凹隐。［合］心窝；酒窝；胳肢窝。
④借指人的安身处。［合］窝里炮(只能在家里发威风，自相攻击)；安乐窝；窝家(暗娼接客处)；窝铺(用草、树枝搭的草屋)；窝风所在(避风处)。
⑤指人或物体所在或所占的地方。［合］窝坨儿(地方；地点)；这炉子真碍事，给它挪个窝儿。
⑥物成团或簇。亦指事物集中处。［合］窝弓(安在草丛中的伏弓，用以射杀野兽)；草长成窝。Total strokes: 12;
Radical: 穴 Pictophonetic:
呙 indicates the sound;
穴 (cave) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
- ⿱ Above to below
- 穴 [ xué ] cave, den, hole
- 呙 [ guō ] to chat, to gossip, to jaw, to talk; mouth
Example Words:
被窝 [
bèi wō ]: quilt wrapped around the body as a tube (traditional bedding); (contemporary) bedding; quilt; blankets; cover; bed
一窝蜂 [
yī wō fēng ]: like a swarm of bees; everyone swarms around pushing and shouting; a hornet's nest
兔子不吃窝边草 [
tù zi bù chī wō biān cǎo ]: A rabbit doesn't eat the grass by its own burrow (idiom); One shouldn't do anything to harm one's neighbors.
Example Sentences- 现在天亮之前我不会让她上床，直到我感到她跑出她的窝。
For now, I keep her off until dawn, when I let her out of her crate.
- 那个鸟妈妈——我们不妨称呼她画眉鸟夫人——的数学非常不好，因此当她回来再次坐在她的蛋宝宝身上时，她并没有注意到她的窝里额外多了一个大个头的蛋。
That mother bird—we might call her Mrs. Thrush—is not very good at math. So when she returns to sit on her eggs, she doesn’t notice there is an extra large egg in the nest.
- 这根毛是从石南丛生的荒地里拾的，这只鸟儿没打中：我们在冬天看见过它的窝的，满是小骨头。
This feather was picked up from the heath, the bird was not shot: we saw its nest in the winter, full of little skeletons.
- 第二窝小猪到了秋天就可以当肥小猪卖掉。
Second litters can be put off in autumn as porkers.
- 与她们的树枝娃娃玩耍的时候，小雌猩猩们会抱着它们，把它们放到窝中与自己一同在床上休息，就像小女孩出于安全起见与自己的玩具睡在一起一样。
When playing with their doll-sticks, the young females would cuddle with them, put them to bed and rest with them in their nests like a little girl sleeping with her plush toy for security.
Use your mouse to write correct character based on the Pinyin provided below
Writing Sheet
