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Wu

HSK 10 N1
Human Body Face
く.れる、くれ
Pictograph of a person (大) standing up, yelling with an open mouth (口).
Components
Traditional (吳)
mouth+ big =
Wu
Iconic component
kǒu mouth
Iconic component
big
big, great, vast, large, high
Depicts a person standing up.
Simplified (吴)
mouth+ heaven =
one of warring states
Iconic component
kǒu mouth
Iconic component
tiān heaven
sky, heaven
Depicts a person standing up.
Japanese (呉)
mouth+ one =
Wu
mouth
one
Notes
Historical Evolution
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Seal Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Seal
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Seal Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Seal
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
/ [Wú]
surname Wu; area comprising southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Shanghai; name of states in Southern China at different historical periods
Japanese
同音

noun

  1. Wu (region in China, south of the lower Yangtze)
  2. historical Wu (kingdom in China during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms era; 902-937 CE); Southern Wu
  3. historical Wu (kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms era; 222-280 CE); Eastern Wu; Sun Wu
  4. historical Wu (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn era; 11th century-473 BCE)
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
U surname
うん
Un surname
O surname
おう
Ou surname
おお
Oo surname
くれ
Kure, Wu (Chinese state ?-473 BCE, Chinese kingdoms 222-280 CE, 902-937 CE, region of China: Jiangsu south of the Yangtze) place namesurname
こう
surname
Go surname
Wu (Chinese state ?-473 BCE, Chinese kingdoms 222-280 CE, 902-937 CE, region of China: Jiangsu south of the Yangtze) place name
ごう
Gou surname