吴

See also: 吳 and 呉

Translingual

Traditional	吳
Shinjitai	呉
Simplified	吴

Han character

吴 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口一大 (RMK), composition ⿱口天)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 179, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3366
• Dae Jaweon: page 397, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 585, character 3
• Unihan data for U+5434

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Chinese

Glyph origin 1

Variant of 吳／吴.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 吴 – see 吳 (“to speak loudly; to shout; big; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant traditional form of 吳).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Glyph origin 2

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 吴 – see 吞 (“to swallow; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 吞).

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Japanese

Kanji

吴

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. to give something, to do something for someone

Readings

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

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Korean

Hanja

吴 • (o) (hangeul 오, revised o, McCune–Reischauer o)

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