wú
I, me
Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 五 represents the sound.
Evolution

Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 吾
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
I | ||
to hem and haw | ||
Xinjiang Uighur autonomous region, abbr. 新, capital Urumqi or Ürümqi 烏魯木齊|乌鲁木齐 | ||
Uighur (Uyghur) ethnic group of Xinjiang | ||
Uighur ethnic group of Xinjiang |
Component uses
Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)
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。” |
Sources
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