瓦 (wǎ) · tile, watt

Measure Word

一片瓦 piàn

Meanings

1 tile
2 watt

Characters

瓦

wǎ

tile; watt

Examples

HSK 4

屋顶上的瓦掉了几片。

Wūdǐng shàng de wǎ diào le jǐ piàn.

A few tiles fell off the roof.

HSK 7-9

这个灯泡是六十瓦的。

Zhè ge dēngpào shì liùshí wǎ de.

This light bulb is sixty watts.

Tips

usage

瓦 has two meanings: roof tiles (traditional building material) and the unit 'watt' for electrical power (transliteration from English).

Components

pictograph

瓦 wǎ

tile

Single self-pictograph - a stylised drawing of two interlocking roof tiles, one curved up and one curved down, the way they fit on a Chinese roof. The hooked stroke at the top is the upper tile's edge, the central diagonal is the seam, and the bottom hook is the lower tile. Self-radical (Kangxi #98), so do not decompose. Same radical anchors 瓶 (bottle), 瓷 (porcelain) - fired-clay objects.

Radical

Tile; Pottery Kangxi #98

Tags characters about fired-clay objects: roof tiles, jars, and earthenware. Modest productivity: main compounds include 瓶 (bottle), 瓷 (porcelain), and 瓮 (urn). The shape pictures interlocking concave-and-convex tiles on a roof.