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Character

瓦

wǎ HSK 7
瓦 wǎ HSK 7
  • 1. roof tile (made of clay or cement, arched or semi-cylindrical in shape)
  • 2. fired earthenware piece used to cover a roof
  • 3. a surname
  • 4. watt (unit of power; symbol W; 1 W = 1 joule per second)
Words using 瓦 as wǎ (1)
  • 1 瓦解 wǎ jiě — to disintegrate, to collapse HSK 7
    • 瓦 tile; suggests breaking into pieces like broken tiles
    • 解 to break up, to disintegrate; emphasizes the process of coming apart
    Example

    敌军在猛烈的攻击下迅速瓦解了。

    dí jūn zài měng liè de gōng jī xià xùn sù wǎ jiě le

    The enemy army quickly disintegrated under fierce attack.

Structure & writing
瓦 wǎ — roof tile (made of clay or cement, arched or semi-cylindrical in shape)
瓦 is a component in 2 characters
HSK 3
瓶 píng bottle; vase (narrow-mouthed container, usually ceramic or glass, for holding liquids)
HSK 6
瓷 cí porcelain (material fired from kaolin clay, finer and harder than earthenware)

瓦 is an atomic character — it does not decompose further.

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