Historical Evolution
烏
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
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Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
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Bronze
Mid Spring and Autumn (~600 BC)
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Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
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Bronze
Mid Warring States (~300 BC)
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Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
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Regular
Modern
Chinese
乌 / 烏 [Wū]
abbr. for Ukraine 烏克蘭|乌克兰[Wūkèlán]; surname Wu
乌 / 烏 [wū]
crow; black
Japanese
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
烏 いずくんぞ
Izukunzo surname
烏 からす
Karasu surname
CHINESE WORDS (183)
乌克兰 [Wūkèlán] #10,765
Ukraine
乌龟 [wūguī] #6,836
tortoise
乌鸦 [wūyā] #7,662
crow
乌鲁木齐 [Wūlǔmùqí] #10,131
Ürümqi or Urumqi prefecture level city and capital of Xinjiang Uighur autonomous region 新疆維吾爾自治區|新疆维吾尔自治区 in west China
乌云 [wūyún] #13,789
black cloud
乌托邦 [wūtuōbāng] #13,553
utopia (loanword)
义乌 [Yìwū] #14,909
Yiwu county level city in Jinhua 金華|金华[Jīnhuá], Zhejiang
乌干达 [Wūgāndá] #15,708
Uganda
乌兹别克斯坦 [Wūzībiékèsītǎn] #20,793
Uzbekistan
乌贼 [wūzéi] #15,418
cuttlefish
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JAPANESE WORDS (156)
⭐ 烏 [カラス] #16,504
crow (Corvus spp.)
ウーロン茶 [ウーロンちゃ] #26,996
oolong tea
烏合の衆 [うごうのしゅう] #33,813
disorderly crowd
烏帽子 [えぼし] #41,910
eboshi
烏丸 [うがん] #43,324
Wuhuan (proto-Mongolic nomadic people)
烏滸 [おこ] #44,410
foolish thing
⭐ 烏賊 [イカ] #52,237
cuttlefish
黒豆 [くろまめ] #56,348
black soybean
烏滸がましい [おこがましい] #58,414
presumptuous
八咫烏 [やたがらす] #61,442
Yatagarasu
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