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Chinese name syllable

Syllable Wah

  • 华splendour; magnificent
  • 華splendour; magnificent
  • 樺birch
Letters
3
Syllables
1
First letter
W
Romanization
Cantonese
Character options
3
Category
Chinese syllable
  • Chinese characters华華樺
5

records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata have the syllable Wah in their name

A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.

Wah is a Cantonese Chinese name syllable whose meaning depends on the characters, most often 華 (splendour).

Possible characters for Wah

This spelling is common in Cantonese romanization.

  • 华

    splendour; magnificent

    Cantonese waa4 / Mandarin huá

    attested

  • 華

    splendour; magnificent

    Cantonese waa4 / Mandarin huá

    attested

  • 樺

    birch

    Cantonese waa6 / Mandarin huà

One spelling can stand for several characters. The meaning of a name depends on the characters the family chose; characters marked “attested” are found in records of real names.

About the name Wah

Wah is a Chinese name syllable from Cantonese romanization, spelling the sound waa. The character 华 and its traditional form 華 are recorded for Malaysians with this spelling; both are read waa4 and mean splendour or magnificent. The character 樺 (birch, waa6) is also spelled Wah. The actual meaning depends on the characters the family chose.

RomanizationCantonese

Wah in the JPN ‘Cina’ tables

Peak era
1960s
Share (boy)
8%
JPN entries
1
  • Boy 1960s · 8%

Entries containing this syllable: Kok Wah 1960s ♂ 721

Share of each decade’s top-10 total for that sex; names outside the tables have no figure. Chinese naming eras · Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)

Character pages

Each page shows the character’s recorded meanings, dialect readings and every Malaysian spelling.

Chinese names with the syllable Wah

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 華 (华) · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: 樺 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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