吳
See also: 吴 and 呉
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Translingual
| Traditional | 吳 |
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| Shinjitai | 呉 |
| Simplified | 吴 |
Han character
吳 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口女弓大 (RVNK), four-corner 26801, composition ⿺⿱𠃑大口)
References
- KangXi: page 179, character 4
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3365
- Dae Jaweon: page 396, character 15
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 595, character 8
- Unihan data for U+5433
Chinese
| trad. | 吳/吴* | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 吴* | |
| alternative forms | 呉 𠯵 㕦 𡗾 𡗿 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 吳 | |||
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| Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Characters in the same phonetic series (吳) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
| 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) : 口 (“mouth”) + 夨 (“man with tilted head”) – to speak loudly.
Etymology 1
- "to shout"
- Perhaps related to Tibetan ངར་སྐད (ngar skad, “roar; shout”), Tibetan ང་རོ (nga ro, “roar; yell; shout”) (Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation
Definitions
吳
- † to speak loudly; to shout
- 不吳不敖，胡考之休。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Bù wú bù áo, hú kǎo zhī xiū. [Pinyin]
- There is no noise, no insolence: An auspice, [all this], of great longevity.
不吴不敖，胡考之休。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
- † big
- (historical) (～國) Wu, a state during the Western Zhou dynasty and the Spring and Autumn period
- (historical) (～國) Eastern Wu, one of the Three Kingdoms
- (historical) (～國) Wu, one of the Ten Kingdoms in eastern China which was in existence from 907 to 937
- region comprising southern Jiangsu and northern Zhejiang
- Wu; the Chinese dialects of that territory, including Suzhounese and Shanghainese
- See also: 吳語
- a surname
- 吳三桂／吴三桂 ― Wú Sānguì ― Wu Sangui (Chinese military leader)
- 吳作棟／吴作栋 [Hokkien] ― Gô͘ Chok-tòng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― Goh Chok Tong (Singapore's second Prime Minister; currently Emeritus Senior Minister)
Descendants
- → English: Wu, Ng, Goh, Ngo
- → Tagalog: Go, Wu
Compounds
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See also
| Dynasties (朝代) in Chinese history | |||||
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| 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. | ||||
| Republic of China 民國／民国 | 1912 C.E. – present | ||||
| People's Republic of China 人民共和國／人民共和国 | 1949 C.E. – present | ||||
Pronunciation
Definitions
吳
- Alternative form of 虞 (yú).
Japanese
Shinjitai | 呉 |
Kyūjitai | 吳 |
Kanji
吳
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 呉)
- China
- to give something, to do something for someone
Readings
- Go-on: ぐ (gu)
- Kan-on: ご (go)
- Kun: くれ (kure, 吳); くれる (kureru, 吳れる)
- Nanori: くに (kuni); くれ (kure)
Usage notes
This character lacks JIS support. The character 呉 (U+5449) is used instead in Japanese.
Korean
Hanja
吳 (eumhun 성씨 오 (seongssi o))
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吳 (eumhun 큰소리칠 화 (keunsorichil hwa))
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Vietnamese
Han character
吳: Hán Nôm readings: ngô
- chữ Hán form of Ngô (“a surname”).