坞

坞 · wù

entrenchment, bank, low wall

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

entrenchment, bank, low wall

Mandarin
wù
Cantonese
wu2

Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+575E
Radical
土 · 32
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 strokes
坞
Strokes
7
Convention
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7 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.

Graphical structure

⿰土乌(G)
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 坞

Character connections

No reverse component match in this collection.

History & distinctions

Related forms

塢

Unihan traditional/simplified variant properties. Conversion may depend on context.

Sources & reference

Evidence & next depth

Source editions & exact scope ↗
Retained Unihan properties
kMandarin
wù
kCantonese
wu2
kDefinition
entrenchment, bank, low wall
kTotalStrokes
7
kRSUnicode
32.4
kTraditionalVariant
U+5862
kTGH
2013:3655

Readings across dictionaries

Small numbers locate dictionary entries; 粵 introduces Cantonese. Includes rare or historical readings. Source notation ↗

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Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

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12dictionary records using 坞0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
土 beside 乌 · the shape used in China
Source notation ^⿰土乌$(G)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰土乌$(G)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.