Chinese Word: 娲 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

娲 (Trad.: 媧)

Pinyin: wā

English Definition: surname Wa; sister of legendary emperor Fu Xi 伏羲

Chinese Definition:
①(女娲)中国古代神话传说中的女帝王，她曾炼五色石补天。

Total strokes: 10; Radical: 女

Pictophonetic:呙 indicates the sound; 女 (woman) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 女 [ nǚ ] woman, girl; female
- 呙 [ guō ] to chat, to gossip, to jaw, to talk; mouth

Similar Characters: 祸剐锅涡

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	女娲	nǚ wā	Nüwa (creator of humans in Chinese mythology)
	女娲氏	nǚ wā shì	Nüwa (creator of humans in Chinese mythology)

1		sān 三 jiǎn 减 jiǔ 酒 wā 娲 shì 是 shí liǎng 十两。 Three plus nine is twelve.
2		měi 每 dào 到 jié rì 节日 de 的 shí hou 时候， dāng dì 当地 de 的 yí zú 彝族、 lì sù zú 傈僳族 qún zhòng 群众 biàn 便 xiàng 相 yāo 邀 lái dào 来到 wā 娲 nǚ 女 wēn quán 温泉 zhè lǐ 这里 duì 对 shān gē 山歌， shí fēn 十分 rè nao 热闹。 On festival occasions, natives of the Yi people and the Lisu people are invited to communicate with each other with melodious local songs, which is quite a spectacle.