Wiktionary

吳

See also: 吴 and 呉
吳 U+5433, 吳
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5433
← 吲
[U+5432] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 吴 →
[U+5434]

TranslingualEdit

Traditional 吳
Shinjitai 呉
Simplified 吴

Han characterEdit

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

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. 吳/吴*
simp. 吴*
alternative forms 呉
𠯵
㕦
𡗾
𡗿
 
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Glyph originEdit

Historical forms of the character 吳
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
       
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 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 吳
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 模 (23)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 五乎切
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 		wú
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ng4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 吳
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		wú
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 吳
Reading # 1/1
No. 13094
Phonetic
component 		吳
Rime
group 		魚
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		吾
Old
Chinese 		/*ŋʷaː/
Notes 金文象對人口出大聲，
令其震驚而側首避讓，
馮時說

DefinitionsEdit

吳

  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
    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)
DescendantsEdit
  • → English: Wu, Ng, Goh, Ngo
  • → Tagalog: Go, Wu

CompoundsEdit

See alsoEdit

Dynasties (朝代) in Chinese history
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

Etymology 2Edit

PronunciationEdit

DefinitionsEdit

吳

  1. Alternative form of 虞 (yú).

JapaneseEdit

Shinjitai

呉

Kyūjitai

吳

KanjiEdit

吳

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 呉)

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

ReadingsEdit

Usage notesEdit

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

KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

吳, eumhun 성씨 오 (seongssi o)

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吳, eumhun 큰소리칠 화 (keunsorichil hwa)

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VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

吳: Hán Nôm readings: ngô

  1. chữ Hán form of Ngô (“a surname”).
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