Wow! / sound of child's crying / sound of vomiting

= + : Willy Walrus (w) is babysitting a baby in front of the ashram (a1), but the baby is crying (哇) all the time. Willy Walrus already tried to have it play with a jade tablet (圭) and to feed it a mandarin (口), but the baby was not interested at all.
wa = w + a5
replaces 啊[a5] when following the vowel "u" or "ao"
Wow! / sound of a child's crying / sound of vomiting

哇 character breakdown

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

Mnemonic symbol: 口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is enjoying a mandarin in the outhouse's living room (ou3).
(old) jade tablet (a ceremonial badge of rank)

= : Gitta Giraffe (gu) is modelling a jade tablet (圭) out of clay (土) in front of the Eiffel Tower (ei1).

Characters with 哇 as component

哇 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 哇

sound of crying
cute / adorable / charming (loanword from Japanese)
variant of 卡哇伊[ka3 wa1 yi1]
see 哇塞[wa1 sai1]
wasabi (loanword) (Tw)
wasabi (loanword) (Tw)
(lit.) I cry! / Oh, bosh! / Shoot! / (from Taiwanese 我哭, Tai-lo pr. [goá khàu])
hurray! / hurrah! / yippee!
(lit.) I cry!; Oh, bosh!; Shoot! (from Taiwanese 我哭, Tai-lo pr. [goá khàu])
Central Java, province of Indonesia

Sentences with 哇

哇 currently does not appear in any sentence.