沃

沃 U+6C83, 沃
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C83
← 沂
[U+6C82] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 沄 →
[U+6C84]

Translingual

Han character

沃 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 水竹大 (EHK), four-corner 32134, composition ⿰氵夭)

Derived characters

See also

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 609, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17184
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1002, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1566, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+6C83

Chinese
simp. and trad.
 沃
alternative forms 渥 Min Nan

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (夭) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
笑 *sqʰows
夭 *qoːwʔ, *qrow, *qrowʔ
镺 *qoːwʔ, *qoːws
芺 *qoːwʔ, *qrowʔ
妖 *qrow
祅 *qrow
枖 *qrow
訞 *qrow
殀 *qrowʔ
仸 *qrowʔ
妋 *pa, *qu
飫 *qos
沃 *qoːwɢ
鋈 *qoːwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qoːwɢ) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 夭 (OC *qoːwʔ, *qrow, *qrowʔ) – to irrigate with water.

Pronunciation

Note:
  • uóh - vernacular;
  • áuk - literary.
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 沃
Mandarin Beijing /uo⁵¹/
Harbin /uo⁵³/
Tianjin /uo⁵³/
Jinan /və²¹³/
Qingdao /və⁵⁵/
Zhengzhou /uo²⁴/
Xi'an /u²¹/
Xining /v̩⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /və¹³/
Lanzhou /vu¹³/
Ürümqi /vɤ²¹³/
Wuhan /uo²¹³/
Chengdu /o³¹/
Guiyang /o²¹/
Kunming /o³¹/
Nanjing /uʔ⁵/
Hefei /uɐʔ⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /vəʔ²/
Pingyao /vʌʔ¹³/
Hohhot /vaʔ⁴³/
Wu Shanghai /oʔ⁵/
Suzhou /oʔ⁵/
Hangzhou /ʔoʔ⁵/
Wenzhou /o²¹³/
Hui Shexian /uʔ²¹/
/uaʔ²¹/
Tunxi
Xiang Changsha /ŋo²⁴/
Xiangtan /o²⁴/
Gan Nanchang
Hakka Meixian /fok̚¹/
Taoyuan
Cantonese Guangzhou /jok̚⁵/
Nanning /juk̚⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /jok̚⁵/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /ɔk̚³²/
/ak̚³²/ 澆水
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /uɔʔ²³/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /ɔ²⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /ok̚²/
/ak̚²/
Haikou (Hainanese) /ok̚⁵/
/ak̚⁵/
Rime
Character 沃
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 沃 (6)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 烏酷切
Baxter 'owk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʔuok̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʔuok̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ʔok̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʔawk̚/
Li
Rong		 /ʔok̚/
Wang
Li		 /uok̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ʔuok̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 wu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 uk1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 沃
Reading # 1/1
No. 14637
Phonetic
component		 夭
Rime
group		 藥
Rime
subdivision		 3
Corresponding
MC rime		 沃
Old
Chinese		 /*qoːwɢ/

Definitions

沃

  1. fertile; rich; lush
  2. to irrigate; to water; to soak
  3. (Hokkien) to drench; to soak; to wet through (by rain, water, etc.)
  4. A river in Shanxi
  5. Short for 曲沃 (Qūwò).
  6. Alternative form of 飫／饫 (yù)
  7. a surname

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 澆 (“to pour; to water”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 澆
Mandarin Beijing 澆
Taiwan 澆
Harbin 澆
Yantai (Muping) 澆, 淋
Jinan 澆
Wanrong 淋
Xi'an 澆, 淋
Xining 澆
Ürümqi 澆
Wuhan 澆, 飲
Chengdu 淋, 飲
Guiyang 淋
Liuzhou 淋
Xuzhou 澆
Yangzhou 澆
Nanjing 澆
Hefei 澆
Singapore 澆
Cantonese Guangzhou 淋
Hong Kong 淋
Dongguan 淋
Yangjiang 淋
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 淋
Gan Nanchang 澆, 淋
Lichuan 澆
Hakka Meixian 淋
Dongguan (Qingxi) 淋
Heyuan (Bendihua) 淋
Wengyuan 淋
Liannan 淋
Jiexi 淋
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 沃
Changting 潑
Wuping (Yanqian) 沃
Ninghua 沃
Ningdu 淋
Tonggu (Sandu) 淋
Ganzhou (Panlong) 澆
Dayu 淋
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 淋
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 淋
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 淋
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 淋
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 淋, 浴
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 沃
Hong Kong 淋
Yangxi (Tangkou) 淋
Yangchun (Sanjia) 淋
Xinyi (Sihe) 淋
Xinyi (Qianpai) 淋
Gaozhou (Xindong) 淋
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) 淋
Huazhou (Xin'an) 淋
Lianjiang (Shijiao) 淋
Lianjiang (Qingping) 淋
Mengshan (Xihe) 淋
Luchuan 淋
Senai (Huiyang) 淋
Huizhou Jixi 澆
Jin Taiyuan 澆
Xinzhou 澆
Northern Min Jian'ou 沃
Eastern Min Fuzhou 沃
Southern Min Xiamen 沃
Quanzhou 沃
Jinjiang 沃
Zhangzhou 沃
Tainan 沃
Penang (Hokkien) 沃
Singapore (Hokkien) 沃
Manila (Hokkien) 沃
Chaozhou 沃
Shantou 沃
Jieyang 沃
Bangkok (Teochew) 沃
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 沃
Leizhou 淋, 沃
Haikou 沃
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 澆, 淋
Wu Shanghai 澆
Shanghai (Chongming) 澆
Suzhou 澆
Danyang 澆
Hangzhou 澆
Wenzhou 澆, 浰, 淋
Jinhua 澆, 淋
Xiang Changsha 淋, 印
Loudi 淋
Shuangfeng 淋, 印

Compounds
  • 以湯沃沸／以汤沃沸
  • 以湯沃雪／以汤沃雪
  • 以飴沃釜／以饴沃釜
  • 如湯沃雪／如汤沃雪
  • 啟沃／启沃
  • 沃土 (wòtǔ)
  • 沃果兒／沃果儿
  • 沃沃
  • 沃腴 (wòyú)
  • 沃衍
  • 沃野 (wòyě)
  • 沃野千里
  • 沃饒／沃饶
  • 符拉迪沃斯托克 (Fúlādíwòsītuōkè)
  • 肥沃 (féiwò)
  • 肥沃月灣／肥沃月湾
  • 衍沃
  • 表沃夫
  • 饒沃／饶沃

Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 沃 – see 澳 (“inlet of the sea where ships can anchor; bay; etc.”).
(This character is the second-round simplified form of 澳).
Notes:

Further reading

Japanese

Kanji
沃

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. fertile
  2. (chemistry) iodine

Readings

Korean

Hanja

沃 • (ok) (hangeul 옥, revised ok, McCune–Reischauer ok, Yale ok)

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Vietnamese

Han character

沃: Hán Nôm readings: óc

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