Zi Collection, Page Position: Lower
Radical: Woman (nǚ)
Page 89, Entry 14
Guangyun and Jiyun state the pronunciation is e (rising tone), identical to the reading of the character for error.
The characters wo and duo refer to a beautiful appearance. Han Yu writes in the Yuanhe Shengde Poetry: The sun is the lord, the moon is the consort, shining brightly and beautifully. The commentary explains: shining and bright describes the sun; beautiful describes the moon, meaning the light of the sun and moon is vivid and lovely.
Also indicates soft or weak. Yang Xiong writes in the Taixuanjing: In a state of darkness, one should not be bright and fragile. The commentary explains: the darkness is like a covering; the sun is the lord, and the moon is the consort; the ruler is hidden as if the sun is about to emerge, and should not be as bright as the moon when it is about to wane.
Additionally, Jiyun states the pronunciation is nuo. This also refers to a beautiful appearance. The character form is composed of the radicals for cliff and seal. All characters derived from the seal radical are written as ba. Some are written as yi. The vulgar form is written as shown.