瓦 wǎ tile
tile; earthenware; roof tile; watt
How it came to be
象形 · Pictogram
A drawing of the thing it means.
The small seal form is a drawing of fired earthenware, a pot or a tile.
用法
- A roof tile / earthenware: 瓦片 (wǎpiàn) roof tiles, 砖瓦 (zhuānwǎ) bricks and tiles.
- 瓦解 (wǎjiě) means to disintegrate/collapse (an organization, an army): 土崩瓦解 (tǔbēng-wǎjiě) to fall apart completely. Also the loanword unit 瓦 (wǎ) = watt.