吾 · wú
i, my, our; resist, impede
Meanings & readings
Meaning & readings
i, my, our; resist, impede
- Mandarin
- wú
- Cantonese
- ng4
Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.
Readings in Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese
Readings recorded for 吾 in other language traditions. These are character-level records, not word translations or interchangeable pronunciations.
Japanese 日本語
Grouped by the source’s kana notation; no frequency ranking is implied.
On’yomi · katakana
Kun’yomi · hiragana
Katakana generally indicates on’yomi; hiragana generally indicates kun’yomi. The source does not identify everyday, rare, historical or name use per reading. Kana strings are preserved, including any written endings; consult a Japanese word entry for actual use.
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Korean 한국어
Hanja readings · Hangul
Source codes are separated below. They are neither sounds nor tones; a character reading alone does not specify a whole word’s pronunciation.
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Reading sources explained
- 오
- KS X 1001 (0) · Educational Hanja (E)
Vietnamese Tiếng Việt
Character readings · Quốc ngữ
Vietnamese readings associated with this Han character. This field alone does not establish word meanings, current usage, or a complete account of Hán-Nôm reading traditions.
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Form & structure
Writing & identity
- Unicode
- U+543E
- Radical
- 口 · 30
- Strokes
- 7 · Unihan
- Residual
- 4
Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.
Stroke order
7 strokesModern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.
Graphical structure
How to read these symbols
⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.
BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.
Words & connections
Words using 吾
Character connections
Component roles · attributed
- 五 sound component · CJKVI analysis
Source analysis · 五聲
Line 1051 · ⿱五口 · 五聲 · source reference 0220580
Source analyses, kept separate from modern IDS. CJKVI labels are not individually verified historical conclusions. Evidence & limits ↗
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History & distinctions
Related forms
No simplified/traditional variant property is retained for this record.
Historical readings
- Middle Chinese
- ngu · 五乎 反切 · #285
- Middle Chinese
- ngae · 五加 反切 · #785
Guangyun-based transcriptions · PHONO-ML · CC BY 4.0. These describe historical reading categories, not modern word pronunciation.
Source row & reading categories
CSV line 2619 · ngu = 遇開一平模疑 · ngae = 假開二平麻疑
Automatically generated in the source dataset; the authors checked a subset and acknowledge possible errors. All source readings are retained separately. Notation & method ↗
Sources & reference
Evidence & next depth
Retained Unihan properties
- kMandarin
- wú
- kCantonese
- ng4
- kDefinition
- i, my, our; resist, impede
- kTotalStrokes
- 7
- kRSUnicode
- 30.4
- kTGH
- 2013:695
Readings across dictionaries
- Hanyu Da Zidian
- wú,yú,yá 10585.130
- Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
- wú 1218.030
- Tongyong Guifan · 2013
- wú 388.130
Reference desk
- Fanqie spellings
- 五乎 五加
- Kangxi positions
- 0180.030
- Guangyun positions
- 083.26 168.15
- GSR references
- 0058f
- Cangjie
- MMR
- Four-corner
- 1060.1