沃 wò to water
to water; to irrigate; fertile; rich
怎么记住“沃”: 氵 water + 夭 young = to water. With a bucket of water in each hand, the farmer's young son runs down the rows of beans to water them before noon.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
沃 = 氵 water + 夭 young
- 氵 water meaning
- 夭 young sound
With a bucket of water in each hand, the farmer's young son runs down the rows of beans to water them before noon.
How it came to be
Water gives the meaning and the right part gives the sound: to irrigate with water.
用法
- Fertile/rich (of soil): 肥沃 (féiwò) fertile: 肥沃的土地 (féiwò de tǔdì) fertile land.
- Original sense 'to irrigate/water,' extended to the richness that watering brings.
- 沃土 (wòtǔ) = fertile soil, also figurative rich ground for growth.
- Rare outside 肥沃; contrast 贫瘠 (pínjí, barren).