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U+5433, 吳
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5433

[U+5432]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5434]

TranslingualEdit

Traditional
Shinjitai
Simplified

Han characterEdit

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

ReferencesEdit

  • 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

ChineseEdit

trad. /*
simp. *
alternative forms
𠯵

𡗾
𡗿
 
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Glyph originEdit

Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
       

Ideogrammic compound (會意): (mouth) + (man with tilted head) – to speak loudly.

Etymology 1Edit

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

PronunciationEdit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (31)
Final () (23)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋuo/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋuo/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋo/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋɔ/
Li
Rong
/ŋo/
Wang
Li
/ŋu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ŋuo/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ng4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ ngu ›
Old
Chinese
/*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
Reading # 1/1
No. 13094
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ŋʷaː/
Notes

DefinitionsEdit

  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
      ―  Sānguì  ―  Wu Sangui (Chinese military leader)
    [Hokkien]  ―  Gô͘ Chok-tòng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  Goh Chok Tong (Singapore's second Prime Minister; currently Emeritus Senior Minister)
DescendantsEdit
  • English: Wu, Ng, Goh, Ngo
  • Tagalog: Go, Wu

CompoundsEdit

See alsoEdit

Dynasties (朝代) in Chinese history
Name Time period Divisions
Xia
(~朝, ~代)
2070 – 1600 BCE
Shang
(~朝, ~代)
(~朝, ~代)
1600 – 1046 BCE
Zhou
(~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
(~朝, ~代)
221 – 206 BCE
Han
(~朝, ~代)
206 BCE – 220 C.E. Western Han
西漢西汉
Xin
(~朝)
Eastern Han
東漢东汉
Three Kingdoms
三國三国
220 – 280 C.E. Wei
Shu Han
蜀漢蜀汉
Wu
Jin
(~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
(~朝, ~代)
Chen
(~朝, ~代)
Sui
(~朝, ~代)
581 – 618 C.E.
Tang
(~朝, ~代)
618 – 907 C.E.
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms
五代十國五代十国
907 – 960 C.E.
Liao
(~朝, ~代)
907 – 1125 C.E.
Song
(~朝, ~代)
960 – 1279 C.E. Northern Song
北宋
Southern Song
南宋
Western Xia
西夏
1038 – 1227 C.E.
Jin
(~朝, ~代)
1115 – 1234 C.E.
Western Liao
西遼西辽
1124 – 1218 C.E.
Yuan
(~朝, ~代)
1271 – 1368 C.E.
Ming
(~朝, ~代)
1368 – 1644 C.E.
Qing
(~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

Etymology 2Edit

PronunciationEdit


DefinitionsEdit

  1. Alternative form of ().

JapaneseEdit

Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

KanjiEdit

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanjikyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form )

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

ReadingsEdit

Usage notesEdit

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

KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

, eumhun 성씨 (seongssi o)

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, eumhun 큰소리칠 (keunsorichil hwa)

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VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

: Hán Nôm readings: ngô

  1. chữ Hán form of Ngô (a surname).