鄔

See also: 邬

Translingual

Han character

鄔 (Kangxi radical 163, 邑+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 竹火弓中 (HFNL), four-corner 2732₇, composition ⿰烏阝)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1275, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39570
• Dae Jaweon: page 1774, character 32
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3789, character 6
• Unihan data for U+9114

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Chinese

trad.		鄔
simp.		邬

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (烏) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
烏	*qaː
嗚	*qaː
鰞	*qaː
歍	*qaː
鎢	*qaː
瑦	*qaː, *qaːʔ
鄔	*qaː, *qaːʔ, *qas
螐	*qaː
隖	*qaːʔ
塢	*qaːʔ, *qaːs
溩	*qaːʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qaː, *qaːʔ, *qas) : phonetic 烏 (OC *qaː) + semantic 邑 (“city; town”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wū (wu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): o͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wū
    • Zhuyin: ㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wu
    • Wade–Giles: wu¹
    • Yale: wū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: u
    • Palladius: у (u)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wu¹
    • Yale: wū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘
    • Tâi-lô: oo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: of
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: 'u, 'uX, 'joH

Rime
Character	鄔	鄔	鄔
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	模 (23)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	III
Fanqie	哀都切	安古切	依倨切
Baxter	'u	'uX	'joH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔuo/	/ʔuoX/	/ʔɨʌH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔuo/	/ʔuoX/	/ʔiɔH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔo/	/ʔoX/	/ʔiɔH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔɔ/	/ʔɔX/	/ʔɨə̆H/
Li Rong	/ʔo/	/ʔoX/	/ʔiɔH/
Wang Li	/u/	/uX/	/ĭoH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔuo/	/ʔuoX/	/ʔi̯woH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wū	wǔ	yù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wu1	wu2	jyu3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qaː/, /*qaːʔ/, /*qas/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鄔	鄔	鄔
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	13083	13087	13091
Phonetic component	烏	烏	烏
Rime group	魚	魚	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	烏	隖	飫
Old Chinese	/*qaː/	/*qaːʔ/	/*qas/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 鄔

1. used in place names

   鄔陽／邬阳  ―  Wūyáng  ―  Wuyang Township (in Hefeng, Enshi, Hubei, China)

2. a surname
3. transliteration of Sanskrit 'u'

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Japanese

Kanji

鄔

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): お (o), う (u), よ (yo)

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Korean

Hanja

鄔 • (o) (hangeul 오, revised o, McCune–Reischauer o, Yale o)

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