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Kanji Detail for 媧 - "nuwa"
媧
- Meaning
媧 means "nuwa."
Nuwa - Name of a legendary goddess in ancient China.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
mythological snail goddess
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
mythological snail goddess
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
surname Wa; sister of legendary emperor Fuxi 伏羲[Fu2 xi1]
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
a goddess, the mythological sister and successor to Fuxi
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
女媧: An ancient emperor's name. Traditionally said to have refined five-colored stones to repair heaven. See (Records of the Grand Historian).
- Onyomi
- Kunyomi
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- Strokes
- Radical
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