Dong Chinese dictionary

wú

one of warring states

Simplified form of 吳. Pictograph of a person (天) standing up, yelling with an open mouth (口).

Components

口 Iconic component

kǒu

mouth

天 Iconic component

tiān

sky

Depicts a person standing up.

Evolution

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

wú

one of warring states; surname

Wú

surname Wu; area comprising southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Shanghai; name of states in Southern China at different historical periods

Most common words with 吴

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	吴	surname Wu
	吴邦国	Wu Bangguo (1941-), PRC electrical engineer and politician, polituro member from 2002
	吴仪	Wu Yi (1938-), one of four vice-premiers of the PRC State Council
	吴镇宇	Francis Ng Chun-Yu (1961-), Hong Kong actor
	东吴	Eastern Wu (222-280)

Component uses

Sound component in 5 characters (1 verified)

Sources