凹
wā
#2,856 most
frequent character
(used in names), variant of 窪|洼[wa1]
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
凹 shows a hollow or dip, so it first meant 'to sink down in the middle'. This grew to 'sunken, dented, concave'. Read wā, it was borrowed for the sound as a variant of 洼 wā.
Drawn as: sunken hollow
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