沃 wò to water
to water; to irrigate; fertile; rich
How to remember 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.
Component breakdown
沃 = 氵 water + 夭 young
- 氵 water
- 夭 young
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 is used
- 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).