Chinese Character Wiki
武

wǔ

military

Depicts marching (止) with a weapon (戈).

Components
戈 iconic component

戈  Iconic component

gē

  

spear

止 iconic component

止  Iconic component

zhǐ

  

(foot), stop

Depicts a foot.

Evolution

武 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

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

Bronze script

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

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

武  

wǔ

military; martial, warlike; martial

武  

Wǔ

surname Wu

Most common words with 武
Freq.
Word
Meaning

武器

weapon

武装

arms

武汉

Wuhan city on Changjiang, subprovincial city and capital of Hubei province

武

martial

武士

warrior

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (0 verified)

賦 赋

Sound component in 4 characters (0 verified)

賦 赋 鵡 鹉

Unknown component in 1 character (0 verified)

斌

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*m(r)aʔ

mjuX

wǔ

military


Statistics

HSK level 3

Appears in 32.4523% of movies

859th most common character in movies

501st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+6B66

Shuowen

“武，楚莊王曰：夫武，定功戢兵。故止戈為武。”


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