wù
to apprehend
Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 吾 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 悟
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to comprehend | ||
to understand | ||
to realize | ||
to come to oneself | ||
to come to realize |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*ŋˤa-s | nguH | wù | awake, realize |
Statistics
HSK level 6
Appears in 4.6292% of movies
2505th most common character in movies
1668th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 10 |
Unicode | U+609F |
Shuowen | “悟，覺也。从心，吾聲。，古文悟。” |
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