鼯

鼯 · wú

flying squirrel

Entry ↗

Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
wú
Cantonese
ng4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

flying squirrel

Dictionary definitions & readings

鼯 wú · flying squirrel

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
74775.090:wú Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1218.090:wú Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
389.030:wú Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
wú粵ng4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ゴ グ むささび Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
오:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
五乎 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
HVMMR Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
7171.6 7176.1 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1528.250 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
083.27 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+9F2F
Radical
鼠 · 208
Strokes
20
Residual strokes
7
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6440

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

20 strokes
鼯
Strokes
20
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

20 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
ngu · 五乎 · 遇開一平模疑 · #285

PHONO-ML, source line 2620; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1568.406
kDaeJaweon
2065.060
kHanYu
74775.090
kIRGDaeJaweon
2065.060
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
74775.090
kIRGKangXi
1528.250
kKangXi
1528.250
kMeyerWempe
1988f
kMorohashi
48441
kSBGY
083.27
kSMSZD2003Index
829.13
kCangjie
HVMMR
kFourCornerCode
7171.6 7176.1
kMojiJoho
MJ030023
kPhonetic
947
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIICore
AGT
kIRG_GSource
G0-7779
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C4D3
kIRG_JSource
J14-7E64
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-91B4
kIRG_KSource
K1-683B
kIRG_TSource
T1-7A5E
kRSUnicode
208.7
kTotalStrokes
20
kBigFive
C4D3
kCCCII
235F53
kCNS1986
1-7A5E
kCNS1992
1-7A5E
kEACC
235F53
kGB0
8789
kGB1
8789
kJIS0213
2,94,68
kJis1
7721
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
7861
kTGH
2013:6440
kTaiwanTelegraph
7861
kXerox
310:174
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+15374+208.13.7
kCantonese
ng4
kDefinition
flying squirrel
kFanqie
五乎
kHangul
오:1N
kHanyuPinyin
74775.090:wú
kJapanese
ゴ グ むささび
kJapaneseKun
MUSASABI
kJapaneseOn
GO
kKorean
O
kMandarin
wú
kSMSZD2003Readings
wú粵ng4
kTGHZ2013
389.030:wú
kTang
ngo
kXHC1983
1218.090:wú

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
4dictionary records using 鼯0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
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Shape description
鼠 beside 吾 · the shape used in China, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰鼠吾$(GP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰鼠吾$(GP)

^⿺鼠吾$(HTJK)

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