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務

wù

business

Phonosemantic compound. 矛 represents the sound, while 攵 and 力 both represent the meaning.

Components
矛 sound component

矛  Sound component

máo

  

spear

攵 meaning component

攵  Meaning component

pū

  

tap

攵 is a component form of 攴.

力 meaning component

力  Meaning component

lì

  

power

Evolution

務 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
務 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
務 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
務 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

务 (務) 

wù

affairs, business; must, should; affair; business; matter; to be engaged in; to attend to; by all means

Most common words with 務
Freq.
Word
Meaning

任务

mission

服务

to serve

业务

business

事务所

office

义务

duty

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

霧

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*m(r)o-s

mjuH

wù

exert oneself


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 66.1541% of movies

498th most common character in movies

245th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Simplified

务

Unicode

U+52D9

Shuowen

“務，趣也。从力，敄聲。”


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