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吴

wú

one of warring states

Simplified form of 吳. Pictograph of a person (天) standing up, yelling with an open mouth (口).

Components
口 iconic component

口  Iconic component

kǒu

  

mouth

天 iconic component

天  Iconic component

tiān

  

sky

Depicts a person standing up.

Evolution

吴 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
吴 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
吴 Clerical script Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)

Clerical script

Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)
吴 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

吴 (吳) 

wú

one of warring states; surname

吴 (吳) 

Wú

surname Wu; area comprising southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Shanghai; name of states in Southern China at different historical periods

Most common words with 吴
Freq.
Word
Meaning

吴

surname Wu

吴邦国

Wu Bangguo (1941-), PRC electrical engineer and politician, polituro member from 2002

吴仪

Wu Yi (1938-), one of four vice-premiers of the PRC State Council

吴镇宇

Francis Ng Chun-Yu (1961-), Hong Kong actor

东吴

Eastern Wu (222-280)

Component uses

Sound component in 4 characters (1 verified)

误 娱 蜈 俣

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 1.1213% of movies

2685th most common character in movies

1135th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Traditional

吳

Unicode

U+5434

Shuowen

“昦，春為昦天，元气昦昦。从日、夰，夰亦聲。”


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