Chinese Character Wiki

寤

wù

few

Components
宀 meaning component

宀  Meaning component

mián

  

roof

roof

爿 unknown component

爿  Unknown component

pán, qiáng

  

piece of wood

吾 sound component

吾  Sound component

wú

  

I, me

Evolution

寤 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
寤 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
寤 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

寤  

wù

few, scarce; empty, deserted; to awake from sleep

Most common words with 寤
Freq.
Word
Meaning

寤

to awake from sleep

寤寐

at any time

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*ŋˤa-s

nguH

wù

awake


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5537th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

14

Unicode

U+5BE4

Shuowen

“寤，寐覺而有信曰寤。从省，吾聲。，籀文寤。”


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