# 沃

| 沃 | U+6C83, &#27779; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C83 |
| ← 沂 [U+6C82] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 沄 → [U+6C84] |

## Translingual
### Han character

沃 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 水竹大 (EHK), four-corner 3213$_4$, composition ⿰氵夭)

#### Derived characters

* 𠴎, 𭎨, 𪶇, 𦰚, 𱁙, 𪣡, 𭰶, 鋈, 𩷯, 𪁕, 𲍼, 𪎤

#### See also

* 添

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 609, character 13
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17184
* Dae Jaweon: page 1002, character 10
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1566, character 5
* Unihan data for U+6C83

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 笑 | *sqʰows |
| 夭 | *qoːwʔ, *qrow, *qrowʔ |
| 镺 | *qoːwʔ, *qoːws |
| 芺 | *qoːwʔ, *qrowʔ |
| 妖 | *qrow |
| 祅 | *qrow |
| 枖 | *qrow |
| 訞 | *qrow |
| 殀 | *qrowʔ |
| 仸 | *qrowʔ |
| 妋 | *pa, *qu |
| 飫 | *qos |
| 沃 | *qoːwɢ |
| 鋈 | *qoːwɢ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qoːwɢ): semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 夭 (OC *qoːwʔ, *qrow, *qrowʔ) – to irrigate with water.

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wò (wo$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄨㄛˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): juk$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vok
* Eastern Min (BUC): uóh / áuk
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): orh$^6$ / ah$^6$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): ak / ok
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ag$^4$ / og$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wò
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄛˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wò
*** Wade–Giles: wo$^4$
*** Yale: wò
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woh
*** Palladius: во (vo)
*** Sinological IPA : /wɔ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: juk$^1$
*** Yale: yūk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: juk$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yug$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /jʊk̚⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vok
*** Hakka Romanization System: vog$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: vog$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /vok̚²/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: uóh / áuk
*** Sinological IPA : /uɔʔ²⁴/, /ɑuʔ²⁴/
* uóh - vernacular;
* áuk - literary.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit沃 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /uo⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /uo⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /uo⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /və²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /və⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /uo²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /u²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /v̩⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /və¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /vu¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /vɤ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /uo²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /o³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /o²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /o³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /uʔ⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /uɐʔ⁵/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /vəʔ²/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /vʌʔ¹³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /vaʔ⁴³/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /oʔ⁵/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /oʔ⁵/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /ʔoʔ⁵/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /o²¹³/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /uʔ²¹/ /uaʔ²¹/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /ŋo²⁴/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /o²⁴/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | |
| Hakka | Meixian | /fok̚¹/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /jok̚⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /juk̚⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /jok̚⁵/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /ɔk̚³²/ /ak̚³²/ 澆水 |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /uɔʔ²³/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /ɔ²⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /ok̚²/ /ak̚²/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /ok̚⁵/ /ak̚⁵/ |
* Middle Chinese: 'owk
Rime :
| Character | 沃 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 沃 (6) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 烏酷切 |
| Baxter | 'owk |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʔuok̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔuok̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔok̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔawk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔok̚/ |
| Wang Li | /uok̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʔuok̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | wu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | uk$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*qoːwɢ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 沃 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 14637 |
| Phonetic component | 夭 |
| Rime group | 藥 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 沃 |
| Old Chinese | /*qoːwɢ/ |

#### Definitions

沃
* fertile; rich; lush
* to irrigate; to water; to soak
* (Hokkien) to drench; to soak; to wet through (by rain, water, etc.)
* A river in Shanxi
* Short for 曲沃 (Qūwò).
* Alternative form of 飫 / 饫 (yù)
* a surname

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 澆 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 澆 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 澆 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 澆 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 澆 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 澆 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 澆, 淋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 淋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 澆, 淋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 澆 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 澆 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 澆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 淋, 飲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 澆, 飲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 淋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 淋 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 澆 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 澆 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 澆 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 淋 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 淋 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 淋 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 淋 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 淋 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 澆, 淋 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 澆 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 淋 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 淋 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 淋 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 淋 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 淋 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 淋 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 沃 |
| Hakka | Changting | 潑 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 沃 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 沃 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 淋 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 淋 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 澆 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 淋 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 淋 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 淋 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 淋 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 淋 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 淋, 浴 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 沃 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 淋 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 淋 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 淋 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 淋 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 淋 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 淋 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 淋 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 淋 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 淋 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 淋 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 淋 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 淋 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 淋 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 澆 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 澆 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 澆 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 沃 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 沃 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 沃 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 沃 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 沃 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 沃 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 沃 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 沃 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 沃 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 沃 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 沃 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 沃 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 沃 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 沃 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 沃 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 淋, 沃 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 沃 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 澆, 淋 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 澆 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 澆 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 澆 |
| Wu | Danyang | 澆 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 澆 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 澆, 浰, 淋 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 澆, 淋 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 淋, 印 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 淋 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 淋, 印 |

#### Compounds

* 以湯沃沸 / 以汤沃沸
* 以湯沃雪 / 以汤沃雪
* 以飴沃釜 / 以饴沃釜
* 如湯沃雪 / 如汤沃雪
* 啟沃 / 启沃
* 沃土 (wòtǔ)
* 沃果兒 / 沃果儿
* 沃沃
* 沃腴 (wòyú)
* 沃衍
* 沃野 (wòyě)
* 沃野千里
* 沃饒 / 沃饶
* 符拉迪沃斯托克 (Fúlādíwòsītuōkè)
* 肥沃 (féiwò)
* 肥沃月灣 / 肥沃月湾
* 衍沃
* 表沃夫
* 饒沃 / 饶沃

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 沃 – see 澳 (“inlet of the sea where ships can anchor; bay; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 澳).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

### Further reading

* “沃”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* fertile
* (chemistry) iodine

#### Readings

* Go-on: おく (oku)
* Kan-on: よく (yoku, Jōyō)
* Kan’yō-on: よう (yō)
* Kun: そそぐ (sosogu, 沃ぐ)、こえる (koeru)、いる (iru, 沃る)
* Nanori: そそぐ (sosogu)

## Korean
### Hanja

沃 • (ok) (hangeul 옥, revised ok, McCune–Reischauer ok, Yale ok)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

沃: Hán Nôm readings: óc
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