wā
creuser; excaver; ramasser
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他正在挖地基。
tā zhèngzài wā dìjī.
He is digging the foundation.
她用铲子挖了一个洞。
tā yòng chǎnzi wāle yīgè dòng.
She dug a hole with a shovel.
他们挖出了一些宝藏。
tāmen wāchūle yīxiē bǎozàng.
They dug up some treasure.
掘 (jué)
dig
刨 (páo)
dig
填 (tián)
fill
埋 (mái)
bury
The Chinese character 挖 (wā) is composed of two parts: the radical 土 (tǔ), which means "earth" or "soil", and the phonetic component 挖 (wā), which is a simplified form of the character 挖 (wā), meaning "to dig". The character 挖 (wā) first appeared in the oracle bone script, the earliest known form of Chinese writing, dating back to the Shang Dynasty (c. 1600–1046 BCE). In the oracle bone script, the character 挖 (wā) was depicted as a hand holding a digging tool, representing the action of digging. Over time, the character 挖 (wā) evolved in its form, but its meaning remained largely the same. In modern Chinese, the character 挖 (wā) is used in a variety of contexts, including digging, excavating, and searching.
