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吾

wú

I, me

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 五 represents the sound.

Components
口 meaning component

口  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

五 sound component

五  Sound component

wǔ

  

five

Evolution

吾 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

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

Bronze script

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

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

吾  

wú

i, my, our; resist, impede; I; my (old)

吾  

Wú

surname Wu

Most common words with 吾
Freq.
Word
Meaning

吾

I

支支吾吾

to hem and haw

新疆维吾尔自治区

Xinjiang Uighur autonomous region, abbr. 新, capital Urumqi or Ürümqi 烏魯木齊|乌鲁木齐

维吾尔族

Uighur (Uyghur) ethnic group of Xinjiang

维吾尔

Uighur ethnic group of Xinjiang

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

捂

Sound component in 18 characters (2 verified)

語 语 悟 晤 衙 捂 唔 梧 齬 龉 浯 圄 寤 焐 牾 鼯 痦 俉

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*ŋˤa

ngu

wú

I, my


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 1.6018% of movies

2759th most common character in movies

1649th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Unicode

U+543E

Shuowen

“吾，我自稱也。从口，五聲。”


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