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See also: 吴 and 呉

Traditional 吳
Shinjitai 呉
Simplified 吴

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

trad. 吳/吴*
simp. 吴*
alternative forms 呉𠯵㕦𡗾𡗿

| | Old Chinese | | | -------------------------------- | --------------- | | 吳 | *ŋʷaː | | 蜈 | *ŋʷaː | | 鋘 | *ŋʷaː, *ŋʷraː | | 麌 | *ŋʷaː, *ŋʷaʔ | | 祦 | *ŋaː | | 誤 | *ŋʷaːs | | 悞 | *ŋʷaːs | | 娛 | *ŋʷaːs, *ŋʷa | | 虞 | *ŋʷa | | 澞 | *ŋʷa | | 鸆 | *ŋʷa | | 俁 | *ŋʷaʔ | | 噳 | *ŋʷaʔ |

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

"to shout"

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

Note:

Note: ng, n - vernacular pronunciation;wu, vu, ghou - literary (if contrasted with vernacular).

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 吳
Reading # 1/1
ModernBeijing(Pinyin) wú
MiddleChinese ‹ ngu ›
OldChinese /*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
Phoneticcomponent 吳
Rimegroup 魚
Rimesubdivision 0
CorrespondingMC rime 吾
OldChinese /*ŋʷaː/
Notes 金文象對人口出大聲，令其震驚而側首避讓，馮時說

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. the region comprising southern Jiangsu and northern Zhejiang
  7. Wu; the Chinese dialects of that territory, including Suzhounese and Shanghainese
    See also: 吳語
  8. (～市) Kure (a city in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan)
  9. a surname
    吳三桂／吴三桂 ― Wú Sānguì ― Wu Sangui (Chinese military leader)
    吳作棟 [Hokkien, _trad._]
    吴作栋 [Hokkien, _simp._]
    Gô͘ Chok-tòng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    Goh Chok Tong (Singapore's second Prime Minister; currently Emeritus Senior Minister)
Dynasties (朝代) in Chinese history
Name Time period Divisions
Xia夏 (～朝, ～代) 2070 – 1600 BCE
Shang商 (～朝, ～代)殷 (～朝, ～代) 1600 – 1046 BCE
Zhou周 (～朝, ～代) 1046 – 256 BCE 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 BCE
Han漢／汉 (～朝, ～代) 206 BCE – 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 Han蜀漢／蜀汉
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.

吳

  1. Alternative form of 虞 (yú)

吳

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 呉)

  1. China
  2. to give something, to do something for someone

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

吳 (eumhun 성씨 오 (seongssi o)) Surname:Oh

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吳 (eumhun 큰소리칠 화 (keunsorichil hwa))Making a loud noise or Make a loud noise.

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吳: Hán Nôm readings: ngô

  1. chữ Hán form of Ngô (“a surname”).
    吳寶珠 ― Ngô Bảo Châu