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戊

wù

5th heavenly stem

Pictograph of a battle axe. Similar to 戈, 戉, and 戌.

Evolution

戊 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
戊 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
戊 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

戊  

wù

5th heavenly stem; fifth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shí​tiān​gān]; fifth in order; letter "E" or Roman "V" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; penta

Most common words with 戊
Freq.
Word
Meaning

戊

penta

戊戌

thirty-fifth year E11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1958 or 2018

戊辰

fifth year E5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1988 or 2048

戊寅

fifteenth year E3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1998 or 2058

戊午

fifty-fifth year E7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1978 or 2038

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

茂

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*m(r)uʔ-s (~ *m(r)uʔ)

muwH

wù

5th heavenly stem


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3689th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Unicode

U+620A

Shuowen

“戊，中宮也，象六甲五龍相拘絞也。戊承丁，象人脅。”


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