吾

Translingual

Han character

吾 (radical 30 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 一一口 (MMR), four-corner 1060₁, composition ⿱五口)

References

• KangXi: page 180, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3379
• Dae Jaweon: page 398, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 585, character 13
• Unihan data for U+543E

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		吾

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wú (wu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁴
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): ǹg,ngâ
• Min Nan (POJ): ngô͘
• Wu (WT Romanisation): ngu (T3); hhngg (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: wú
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ
    • Wade-Giles: wu²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wu
    • IPA ^(key): /u³⁵/

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ng⁴
    • Yale: ǹgh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍²¹/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ǹg,ngâ
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /ng,nga²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngô͘
    • Tâi-lô: ngô͘
    • IPA (Taipei): /ŋɔ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ŋɔ¹³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • WT Romanisation: ngu (T3); hhngg (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /ŋɯ²³/, /ɦŋ̍²³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (吾, reconstructed)
Character (吾), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 疑 (31) Final: 模 Division: I			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 五乎切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ŋuo/	/ŋuo/	/ŋo/	/ŋuo/	/ŋɔ/	/ŋu/	/ŋo/
Character (吾), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 疑 (31) Final: 麻 Division: II			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 五加切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ŋɣa/	/ŋa/	/ŋa/	/ŋɯa/	/ŋaɨ/	/ŋa/	/ŋa/

Old Chinese pronunciation (吾, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
吾								wú								‹ ngu ›								/*ŋˤa/								I, my
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
吾					13135					五					魚					0					牙					/*ŋraː/					允吾漢縣
吾					13146					五					魚					0					吾					/*ŋaː/

Pronoun

吾

1. (literary, classical, dialectal) I, me, my, our

Synonyms

• 我

Proper noun

吾

1. A surname​. Wu

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Japanese

Kanji

吾

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• Goon: ぐ (gu)
• Kan’on: ご (go)
• Kun: われ (ware), わが (waga), あ (a)

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Korean

Hanja

吾 (o) (hangeul 오, revised o, McCune-Reischauer o)

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Vietnamese

Han character

吾 (ngô, ngo)

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Readings

• Nôm: ngo, ngô

References

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm , NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999