窝 (wō) — Chinese Character

窝

wō

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:

穴呙

Semantic component: 穴; phonetic component: 呙.

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 窝.

打窝

dǎ wō

报窝

bào wō

brood

抱窝

bào wō

毛窝

máo wō

cotton-padded shoes

燕窝

yàn wō

swallow's nest

狗窝

gǒu wō

doghouse

猪窝

zhū wō

眼窝

yǎn wō

eye socket

窝主

wō zhǔ

person who harbors criminals

窝咑

wō dā

otak, a Malay food (GM)

窝囊

wō nang

annoyed

窝夫

wō fū

Characters that share the radical 穴.

Practice this character with stroke-order training, spaced repetition, and reading passages across all HSK levels.