Chinese Character Wiki
兀

wù

stand tall

Depicts a person with the head emphasized, conveying the meaning "stand tall".

Evolution

兀 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
兀 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
兀 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
兀 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

兀  

wù

to cut off the feet; cut off the feet; rising to a height; towering; bald

兀  

Wù

surname Wu

Most common words with 兀
Freq.
Word
Meaning

兀

bald

突兀

lofty or towering

兀鹫

vulture

兀自

yet

兀立

to stand upright and motionless

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

杌

Sound component in 3 characters (0 verified)

虺 杌 阢

Iconic component in 3 characters (3 verified)

尧 堯 圥

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[ŋ]ˤut

ngwot

wù

amputate the feet


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

2859th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

3

Unicode

U+5140

Shuowen

“兀，高而上平也。从一在人上。”


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