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吳
吳
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Translingual
Han character
吳 (radical 30 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口女弓大 (RVNK), four-corner 26801, composition ⿺夨口)
References
- KangXi: page 179, character 4
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3365
- Dae Jaweon: page 396, character 15
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 595, character 8
- Unihan data for U+5433
Chinese
| trad. | 吳 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 吴 | |
| alt. forms | 呉 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): ng4
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): n̂g
- Min Nan (POJ): ngô͘ / gô͘
- Wu (Wiktionary): hhu (T3)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨˊ
- Wade-Giles: wu2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wu
- IPA (key): /u³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄩˊ
- Wade-Giles: yü2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yu
- IPA (key): /y³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: ng4
- Yale: ǹgh
- Cantonese Pinyin: ng4
- IPA (key): /ŋ̍²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: n̂g
- Hakka Romanization System: ng´
- Hagfa Pinyim: ng1
- IPA: /ng²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngô͘ / gô͘
- Tâi-lô: ngôo / gôo
- Phofsit Daibuun: ngoo, goo
- IPA (Xiamen): /ŋɔ²⁴/, /gɔ²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ŋɔ²⁴/, /gɔ²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ŋɔ¹³/, /gɔ¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /ŋɔ²⁴/, /gɔ²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋɔ²³/, /gɔ²³/
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- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: hhu (T3)
- IPA (key): /ɦv̩ʷ²³/
- (Shanghainese)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 吳 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 疑 (31) |
| Final (韻) | 模 (23) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 五乎切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ŋuo/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ŋuo/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ŋo/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ŋɔ/ |
| Li Rong |
/ŋo/ |
| Wang Li |
/ŋu/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ŋuo/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
wú |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 吳 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
wú |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ ngu › |
| Old Chinese |
/*ŋʷˤa/ |
| English | shout; name of a state |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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| Character | 吳 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 13094 |
| Phonetic component |
吳 |
| Rime group |
魚 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
吾 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ŋʷaː/ |
| Notes | 金文象對人口出大聲，令其震驚而側首避讓，馮時說 |
Definitions
吳
- (historical) one of the Warring States
- the territory those states held, around the Yangtze delta
- Wu; the Chinese dialects of that territory, including Suzhounese and Shanghainese
- ⇒ 吳語
- A surname.
- a harbor in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Descendants
Japanese
Kanji
吳
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Readings
Etymology
| Historical forms of the character 吳
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| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (吳) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 吳 | *ŋʷaː |
| 蜈 | *ŋʷaː |