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塢
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坞
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bank

HSK 10
Abstract →Space
wù
オ、ウ
오
Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 烏 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (塢)
土 earth+ 烏 crow =
塢 bank
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
soil, earth
烏 Phonetic component
crow
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Simplified (坞)
土 earth+ 乌 rook =
坞 entrenchment
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
soil, earth
乌 Phonetic component
wū rook
crow, rook, raven
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Notes
Similar Characters
压 oppress (simp)厓 precipice圩 dike圪 phonetic圬 plaster over with圮 ruined圯 bank地 ground/earth圳 furrow in field圹 prairie (simp)场 open space (simp)圻 border (alt)圼 圾 trash址 address坂 slope均 equal坊 workshop坌 earth坍 landslide
Historical Evolution
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)
塢
Regular
Modern
Chinese
坞 / 塢 [wù]
dock; low wall
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (5)
好莱坞 [Hǎo​lái​wù] #1,604
Hollywood
船坞 [chuán​wù] #14,359
(maritime) dock
坞站 [wù​zhàn]
docking station
宝莱坞 [Bǎo​lái​wù]
Bollywood (film industry based in Mumbai, India)
扩展坞 [kuò​zhǎn​wù]
docking station