nest; pit or hollow on the human body; lair; den; place; to harbor or shelter; to hold in check; to bend; classifier for litters and broods

Radical: 穴 HSK 7 n, q, v pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

窝 decomposes into the following components:

Semantic component: ; phonetic component: .

Words containing 窝

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 窝.

打窝
dǎ wō
报窝
bào wō
抱窝
bào wō
毛窝
máo wō
燕窝
yàn wō
狗窝
gǒu wō
猪窝
zhū wō
眼窝
yǎn wō
窝主
wō zhǔ
窝咑
wō dā
窝囊
wō nang
窝夫
wō fū

Related characters (radical 穴)

Characters that share the radical .

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