倭

wō
#3,384 most
frequent character
dwarf, Japanese (derog.) (old)

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

Read wēi, 倭 first meant a winding, twisting road; 亻 person is the meaning part and 委 wěi supplies the sound, close but with a different tone. The same shape also reads wǒ, a hairstyle with the hair coiled to one side, and wō, an insulting name for Japanese people, borrowed for its sound alone.

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Homophones

HSK 6
窝wō
nest, pit or hollow on the human body

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