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吾
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I (literary)

HSK 10 N1
Human →Relations
wú
ゴ
われ、わが-、あ-
오
Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 五 represents the sound.
Components
口 mouth+ 五 five =
吾 I (literary)
口 Meaning component
kǒu mouth
五 Phonetic component
wǔ five
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Notes
Similar Characters
侃 upright and strong兽 bestial (simp)冋 a desert加 add卟 a chemical compound古 ancient叨 talkative叫 call召 summon叭 trumpet叮 sting可 can叱 bawl叶 be in harmony (simp)号 appellation (jp)叹 admire (simp)叼 hold in the mouth叽 sigh (simp)吁 alas (simp)吃 eat (simp)
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
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)
吾
Regular
Modern
Chinese
吾 [Wú]
surname Wu
吾 [wú]
I; my (old)
Japanese
我 、 吾 われ 、 わ (old) 、 あれ (old) 、 あ (old) 、 わぬ (old) 、 わろ (old) 同音

pronoun

  1. I; me (occ. 和 for わ)
  2. oneself (occ. 和 for わ)
  3. archaic you (occ. 和 for わ)

prefix

  1. archaic prefix indicating familiarity or contempt (occ. 和)
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (2)
われに自由を与えよ。しからずんば死を与えよ。
Give me liberty or give me death.
彼も人なり我も人なり。
What man has done, man can do.
Japanese Names
吾 ぎよ
Giyo unclassified name
吾 ご
Go surname
吾 われ
Ware surname
CHINESE WORDS (34)
支支吾吾 [zhī​zhī​wú​wú] #39,709
to hem and haw
新疆维吾尔自治区 [Xīn​jiāng​Wéi​wú​'ěr​Zì​zhì​qū] #23,793
Xinjiang Uighur autonomous region, abbr. 新, capital Urumqi or Ürümqi 烏魯木齊|乌鲁木齐
新疆维吾尔自治区 [Xīn​jiāng​Wéi​wú​'ěr​Zì​zhì​qū] #23,793
Xinjiang Uighur autonomous region, abbr. 新, capital Urumqi or Ürümqi 烏魯木齊|乌鲁木齐
维吾尔族 [Wéi​wú​'ěr​zú] #26,970
Uighur (Uyghur) ethnic group of Xinjiang
维吾尔族 [Wéi​wú​'ěr​zú] #26,970
Uighur (Uyghur) ethnic group of Xinjiang
维吾尔 [Wéi​wú​'ěr] #27,407
Uighur ethnic group of Xinjiang
维吾尔 [Wéi​wú​'ěr] #27,407
Uighur ethnic group of Xinjiang
支吾 [zhī​wú] #51,173
to resist
吾辈 [wú​bèi] #57,729
(literary) we
吾辈 [wú​bèi] #57,729
(literary) we
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JAPANESE WORDS (35)
⭐ 我々 [われわれ] #1,363
we
⭐ 我が [わが] #1,544
my
⭐ 我 [われ] #1,606
I
⭐ 東 [ひがし] #1,784
east
我らが [われらが] #8,395
our
⭐ 我ら [われら] #20,433
we
我輩 [わがはい] #23,991
I
吾輩は猫である [わがはいはねこである] #87,146
I Am a Cat (1906 novel by Natsume Soseki)
吾妻鏡 [あずまかがみ] #116,694
Japanese medieval text that chronicles events of the Kamakura Shogunate
吾子 [あこ] #119,102
my child
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