吳

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See also: 吴 and 呉
吳 U+5433, 吳
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5433
← 吲
[U+5432] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 吴 →
[U+5434]

Translingual[edit]

Traditional 吳
Shinjitai 呉
Simplified 吴

Han character[edit]

吳 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口女弓大 (RVNK), four-corner 26801, composition ⿺⿱𠃑大口)

References[edit]

  • KangXi: page 179, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3365
  • Dae Jaweon: page 396, character 15
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 595, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+5433

Chinese[edit]

trad. 吳/吴*
simp. 吴*
alternative forms 呉
𠯵
㕦
𡗾
𡗿
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Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 吳
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
吳-oracle.svg 吳-bronze.svg 吳-seal.svg 吳-bigseal.svg
Characters in the same phonetic series (吳) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
吳 *ŋʷaː
蜈 *ŋʷaː

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 口 (“mouth”) + 夨 (“man with tilted head”) – to speak loudly.

Etymology 1[edit]

"to shout"
Perhaps related to Tibetan ངར་སྐད (ngar skad, “roar; shout”), Tibetan ང་རོ (nga ro, “roar; yell; shout”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation[edit]

Rime
Character 吳
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 模 (23)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 五乎切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ŋuo/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ŋuo/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ŋo/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ŋɔ/
Li
Rong 		/ŋo/
Wang
Li 		/ŋu/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ŋuo/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		wú
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ng4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 吳
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		wú
Middle
Chinese 		‹ ngu ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ŋʷˁa/
English shout; name of a state

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 吳
Reading # 1/1
No. 13094
Phonetic
component 		吳
Rime
group 		魚
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		吾
Old
Chinese 		/*ŋʷaː/
Notes 金文象對人口出大聲，
令其震驚而側首避讓，
馮時說

Definitions[edit]

吳

  1. † to speak loudly; to shout
  2. † big
  3. (historical) (～國) Wu, a state during the Western Zhou dynasty and the Spring and Autumn period
  4. (historical) (～國) Eastern Wu, one of the Three Kingdoms
  5. (historical) (～國) Wu, one of the Ten Kingdoms in eastern China which was in existence from 907 to 937
  6. region comprising southern Jiangsu and northern Zhejiang
  7. Wu; the Chinese dialects of that territory, including Suzhounese and Shanghainese
    See also: 吳語
  8. A surname​.
    吳三桂 / 吴三桂  ―  Wú Sānguì  ―  Wu Sangui (Chinese military leader)
    吳作棟 / 吴作栋 [Hokkien]  ―  Gô͘ Chok-tòng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  Goh Chok Tong (Singapore's second Prime Minister; currently Emeritus Senior Minister)
Descendants[edit]
  • → English: Wu, Ng, Goh, Ngo
  • → Tagalog: Go, Wu

Compounds[edit]

See also[edit]

Dynasties (朝代) in Chinese history
Name Time period Divisions
Xia
夏 (～朝, ～代) 		2070 – 1600 B.C.E.
Shang
商 (～朝, ～代)
殷 (～朝, ～代) 		1600 – 1046 B.C.E.
Zhou
周 (～朝, ～代) 		1046 – 256 B.C.E. Western Zhou
西周
Eastern Zhou
東周／东周		 Spring and Autumn period
春秋
Warring States period
戰國／战国
Qin
秦 (～朝, ～代) 		221 – 206 B.C.E.
Han
漢／汉 (～朝, ～代) 		206 B.C.E. – 220 C.E. Western Han
西漢／西汉
Xin
新 (～朝)
Eastern Han
東漢／东汉
Three Kingdoms
三國／三国 		220 – 280 C.E. Wei
魏
Shu
蜀
Wu
吳／吴
Jin
晉／晋 (～朝, ～代) 		265 – 420 C.E. Western Jin
西晉／西晋
Eastern Jin
東晉／东晋
Southern and Northern dynasties
南北朝 		420 – 589 C.E. Northern dynasties
北朝		 Northern Wei
北魏
Western Wei
西魏
Eastern Wei
東魏／东魏
Northern Zhou
北周
Northern Qi
北齊／北齐
Southern dynasties
南朝		 Liu Song
劉宋／刘宋
Southern Qi
南齊／南齐
Liang
梁 (～朝, ～代)
Chen
陳／陈 (～朝, ～代)
Sui
隋 (～朝, ～代) 		581 – 618 C.E.
Tang
唐 (～朝, ～代) 		618 – 907 C.E.
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms
五代十國／五代十国 		907 – 960 C.E.
Liao
遼／辽 (～朝, ～代) 		907 – 1125 C.E.
Song
宋 (～朝, ～代) 		960 – 1279 C.E. Northern Song
北宋
Southern Song
南宋
Western Xia
西夏 		1038 – 1227 C.E.
Jin
金 (～朝, ～代) 		1115 – 1234 C.E.
Western Liao
西遼／西辽 		1124 – 1218 C.E.
Yuan
元 (～朝, ～代) 		1271 – 1368 C.E.
Ming
明 (～朝, ～代) 		1368 – 1644 C.E.
Qing
清 (～朝, ～代) 		1636 – 1912 C.E.

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Definitions[edit]

吳

  1. Alternative form of 虞 (yú).

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

吳

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings[edit]

  • On (unclassified): ご (go)
  • Kun: くれ (kure, 吳); くれる (kureru, 吳れる)

Usage notes[edit]

This character lacks JIS support. The character 呉 (U+5449) is used instead in Japanese.

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

吳 (eumhun 성씨 오 (seongssi o))

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吳 (eumhun 큰소리칠 화 (keunsorichil hwa))

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Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

吳: Hán Nôm readings: ngô

  1. chữ Hán form of Ngô (“a surname”).
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