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Translingual
Han character
吳 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口女弓大 (RVNK), four-corner 26801, composition ⿺⿱𠃑大口)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 179, character 4
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3365
- Dae Jaweon: page 396, character 15
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 595, character 8
- Unihan data for U+5433
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Chinese
Glyph origin
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 口 (“mouth”) + 夨 (“man with tilted head”) – to speak loudly.
Etymology 1
- "to shout"
- Perhaps related to Tibetan ངར་སྐད (ngar skad, “roar; shout”), Tibetan ང་རོ (nga ro, “roar; yell; shout”) (Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Gan (Wiktionary): u4
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): vu1
- Northern Min (KCR): ngû
- Eastern Min (BUC): ngù
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gou2
- Southern Min
- Wu (Northern, Wugniu): 6wu / 2wu / 2vu / 2ng / 2n / 2ghou
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): u2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: wú
- Zhuyin: ㄨˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wú
- Wade–Giles: wu2
- Yale: wú
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wu
- Palladius: у (u)
- Sinological IPA (key): /u³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: ng4
- Yale: ǹgh
- Cantonese Pinyin: ng4
- Guangdong Romanization: ng4
- Sinological IPA (key): /ŋ̍²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: m3
- Sinological IPA (key): /m̩²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: u4
- Sinological IPA (key): /u³⁵/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ǹg
- Hakka Romanization System: ngˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: ng2
- Sinological IPA: /ŋ̍¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: ng
- Sinological IPA: /ŋ⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: vu1
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /vu¹¹/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ngû
- Sinological IPA (key): /ŋu³³/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: ngù
- Sinological IPA (key): /ŋu⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: gou2
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gó
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɔu¹³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: gou2
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɔu²⁴/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Lukang, Sanxia, Magong, Hsinchu, Philippines)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngô͘
- Tâi-lô: ngôo
- Phofsit Daibuun: ngoo
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋɔ̃²³/
- IPA (Philippines): /ŋɔ²⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Lukang): /ŋɔ̃²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Tainan, Yilan, Kinmen, Taichung, Philippines, Singapore)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gô͘
- Tâi-lô: gôo
- Phofsit Daibuun: goo
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡɔ¹³/
- IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Tainan, Yilan, Kinmen, Philippines, Singapore): /ɡɔ²⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: ghou5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: gôu
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɡou⁵⁵/
- (Leizhou)
- Leizhou Pinyin: ngu5 / ngeu5
- Sinological IPA: /ŋu²²/, /ŋɛu²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Lukang, Sanxia, Magong, Hsinchu, Philippines)
Note:
- ngu5 - literary;
- ngeu5 - vernacular (surname).
- Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
- Wugniu: 6wu
- MiniDict: wu去
- Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): 3hhu
- Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦu²³/
- (Northern: Chongming, Changzhou, Jiaxing, Tongxiang, Haining, Haiyan, Hangzhou, Shaoxing, Ningbo)
- Wugniu: 2wu
- MiniDict: wu平
- Sinological IPA (Chongming): /ɦu²⁴/
- Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /ɦu¹³/
- Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /ɦu³¹/
- Sinological IPA (Tongxiang): /ɦu²²/
- Sinological IPA (Haining): /ɦu¹¹³/
- Sinological IPA (Haiyan): /ɦu³¹/
- Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /ɦu²³/
- Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /ɦu²³¹/
- Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /ɦu³¹³/
- (Northern: Songjiang)
- (Northern: Songjiang, Suzhou, Jiaxing, Tongxiang, Haiyan, Shaoxing)
- (Northern: Chongming)
- (Northern: Suzhou)
- (Northern: Shanghai)
- ng, n - vernacular pronunciation;
- wu, vu, ghou - literary (if contrasted with vernacular).
- Xiang
- (Changsha)
- Wiktionary: u2
- Sinological IPA (key): /u¹³/
- (Changsha)
Note:
- Middle Chinese: ngu
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*ŋʷˤa/
- (Zhengzhang): /*ŋʷaː/
Definitions
吳
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to speak loudly; to shout
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) big
- (historical) (～國) Wu, a state during the Western Zhou dynasty and the Spring and Autumn period
- (historical) (～國) Eastern Wu, one of the Three Kingdoms
- (historical) (～國) Wu, one of the Ten Kingdoms in eastern China which was in existence from 907 to 937
- the region comprising southern Jiangsu and northern Zhejiang
- Wu; the Chinese dialects of that territory, including Suzhounese and Shanghainese
- See also: 吳語
- (～市) Kure (a city in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan)
- a surname
Descendants
Compounds
- 伐東吳 / 伐东吴
- 句吳 / 句吴 (Gōuwú)
- 吳下阿蒙 / 吴下阿蒙
- 吳儂 / 吴侬
- 吳剛伐桂 / 吴刚伐桂
- 吳國 / 吴国 (Wúguó)
- 吳堡 / 吴堡 (Wúbǔ)
- 吳子 / 吴子
- 吳宮教陣 / 吴宫教阵
- 吳家灣 / 吴家湾 (Wújiāwān)
- 吳山 / 吴山 (Wúshān)
- 吳川 / 吴川 (Wúchuān)
- 吳市吹簫 / 吴市吹箫
- 吳店 / 吴店 (Wúdiàn)
- 吳棚 / 吴棚 (Wúpéng)
- 吳榜 / 吴榜 (Wúbǎng)
- 吳樓 / 吴楼 (Wúlóu)
- 吳江 / 吴江 (Wújiāng)
- 吳沙 / 吴沙 (Wúshā)
- 吳派 / 吴派
- 吳淞江 / 吴淞江 (Wúsōngjiāng)
- 吳灣 / 吴湾 (Wúwān)
- 吳牛喘月 / 吴牛喘月 (Wú niú chuǎnyuè)
- 吹簫吳市 / 吹箫吴市
- 吳茱萸 / 吴茱萸 (wúzhūyú)
- 吳語 / 吴语 (wúyǔ)
- 吳越 / 吴越 (Wúyuè)
- 吳越同舟 / 吴越同舟
- 吳越春秋 / 吴越春秋
- 吳郭魚 / 吴郭鱼 (wúguōyú)
- 吳都 / 吴都
- 吳鉤 / 吴钩
- 吳鋪 / 吴铺 (Wúpù)
- 吳音 / 吴音 (wúyīn)
- 吳頭楚尾 / 吴头楚尾
- 吳鹽 / 吴盐
- 大吳 / 大吴
- 孫吳 / 孙吴
- 宋畫吳冶 / 宋画吴冶
- 東吳 / 东吴 (Dōngwú)
- 楚尾吳頭 / 楚尾吴头
See also
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: yú
- Zhuyin: ㄩˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yú
- Wade–Giles: yü2
- Yale: yú
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yu
- Palladius: юй (juj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /y³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Definitions
吳
- alternative form of 虞 (yú)
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Japanese
| 呉 | |
| 吳 |
Kanji
吳
(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 呉)
Readings
Usage notes
This character lacks JIS support. The character 呉 (U+5449) is used instead in Japanese.
Korean
Hanja
吳 (eumhun 성씨 오 (seongssi o)) Surname:Oh
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吳 (eumhun 큰소리칠 화 (keunsorichil hwa))Making a loud noise or Make a loud noise.
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Vietnamese
Han character
- chữ Hán form of Ngô (“a surname”)
- 吳寶珠 ― Ngô Bảo Châu
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