娲

See also: 媧

娲 U+5A32, 娲 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A32 ← 娱 [U+5A31] CJK Unified Ideographs 娳 → [U+5A33]

Translingual

Han character

娲 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 女口人月 (VROB), composition ⿰女呙)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 263, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1052, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5A32

Chinese

Glyph origin

Simplified from 媧 (咼 → 呙)

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 娲 – see 媧 (“the goddess of creation; the mythological sister and successor to Fu Xi; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 媧).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.