沃 (wò) is a Chinese character meaning “fertile”. It is written from 氵 (water (left-side form)) and 夭 (young; tender), side by side, and takes 7 strokes.
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Structure
氵 + 夭
Left–right structure
Structure from: modern-glyph decomposition verified against hanzi-writer-data strokes (3 + 4 = 7)
Memory aid
Water (氵) reaching a young, tender plant (夭). Soil that gets the water is the soil that grows things — fertile.
This is a memory aid, not the historical origin.
Stroke order
7 strokes
In real words
- 肥沃féi wòfertile; rich (of soil)沃 = wò
- 沃土wò tǔfertile soil; rich earth沃 = wò
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All readings
fertile
fertile; rich (of land); to irrigate
土地肥美、养分充足；也指灌溉。 — studyhanzi 编写
Words with this reading
- 肥沃féi wòfertile; rich (of soil)沃 = wò
- 沃土wò tǔfertile soil; rich earth沃 = wò
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Questions people ask about this character
What does 沃 mean?
沃 (wò) means fertile; rich (of land); to irrigate.
How do you pronounce 沃?
It is pronounced wò.
What parts is 沃 made of?
氵 (water (left-side form)) and 夭 (young; tender), side by side. The recorded source is: modern-glyph decomposition verified against hanzi-writer-data strokes (3 + 4 = 7). Components are the building blocks of the shape; the radical used for dictionary lookup is a separate thing.
How many strokes does 沃 have?
7. You can watch the stroke order on this page, or trace it yourself.
What is the radical of 沃?
水. The radical is how the character is filed in a dictionary — it is not the whole story of how the character is built.
What words use 沃?
Common ones are 肥沃 and 沃土. The reading of 沃 is not the same in every word, so each word on this page shows which reading applies.