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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
wǎ | wa3
English translation
The Va people (an ethnic group in Myanmar and southwest China)

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Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

Contains the radical

rén

Part of speech

Other proper nouns / 其他专名 Qítā zhuān míng

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people

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

亻瓦

Semantic compound

rén

Phonetic compound

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
Wa, Kawa or Va ethnic group of Myanmar, south China and southeast Asia
佤族 Wǎ zú Wa, Kawa or Va ethnic group of Myanmar, south China and southeast Asia佤族 Wǎ zú
沧源佤族自治县 Cāng yuán Wǎ zú Zì zhì xiàn Cangyuan Va Autonomous County in Lincang 臨滄|临沧 Lín cāng [Lín​cāng], Yunnan滄源佤族自治縣
西盟佤族自治县 Xī méng Wǎ zú Zì zhì xiàn Ximeng Va Autonomous County in Pu'er 普洱 Pǔ ěr [Pǔ​'ěr], Yunnan西盟佤族自治縣
孟连傣族拉祜族佤族自治县 Mèng lián Dǎi zú lā hù zú Wǎ zú Zì zhì xiàn Menglian Dai, Lahu and Va autonomous county in Pu'er 普洱 Pǔ ěr [Pǔ​'ěr], Yunnan孟連傣族拉祜族佤族自治縣
佧佤族 Kǎ wǎ zú Wa, Kawa or Va ethnic group of Myanmar, south China and southeast Asia佧佤族 Kǎ wǎ zú
双江拉祜族佤族布朗族傣族自治县 Shuāng jiāng lā hù zú Wǎ zú Bù lǎng zú Dǎi zú Zì zhì xiàn Shuangjiang Lahu, Va, Blang and Dai autonomous county in Lincang 臨滄|临沧 Lín cāng [Lín​cāng], Yunnan雙江拉祜族佤族布朗族傣族自治縣

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