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Translingual edit
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Han character edit
吾 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 一一口 (MMR), four-corner 10601, composition ⿱五口)
Derived characters edit
- 俉, 唔, 娪, 峿, 悟, 捂, 晤, 梧, 浯, 焐, 牾, 㹳, 珸, 䎸, 䏸, 語(语), 鋙(铻), 䮏, 鯃, 齬(龉/𪘚), 啎, 逜, 鼯, 敔, 郚, 痦, 衙, 䦜, 圄, 䓊, 㐚
- 𠗐, 𪣔, 𪩳, 𢓲, 𭭢, 𤕻, 𥆐, 𥏒, 𥒾, 𥟊, 𦀡, 𧋋, 𮗰, 𬤿, 𧳎, 𮠬, 𫕁, 𩩑, 𫥩, 𦥉, 𩳌, 𢆖, 𢻊, 𣣄, 𤭑, 𩒾, 𪁙, 𪕡, 𠵦, 𫪸, 𫬮, 𢈪, 𡨂, 𥭠, 𣬕, 𬰜, 𠵥
References edit
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 180, character 3
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3379
- Dae Jaweon: page 398, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 585, character 13
- Unihan data for U+543E
Chinese edit
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| alternative forms | 𫊣 | |
Glyph origin edit
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋraː, *ŋaː) : phonetic 五 (OC *ŋaːʔ) + semantic 口 (“mouth”).
Etymology edit
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋa-j ~ ka (“I”). Cognate with Burmese ငါ (nga, “I”), 我 (OC *ŋaːlʔ, “I”), Hakka 𠊎 (ngài, “I”).
Pronunciation 1 edit
Definitions edit
吾
- (literary or dialectal) I
- 如有政，雖不吾以，吾其與聞之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Rú yǒu zhèng, suī bù wú yǐ, wú qí yù wén zhī. [Pinyin]
- If there had been government business, though I am now not appointed, I should have been consulted about it.
如有政，虽不吾以，吾其与闻之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- 吾觀全地球之社會，未有凌亂舊金山之華人者。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: 1904 February, Liang Qichao, "Travel Notes of the New Continent"
- Wú guān quán dìqiú zhī shèhuì, wèi yǒu língluàn Jiùjīnshān zhī huárén zhě. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
吾观全地球之社会，未有凌乱旧金山之华人者。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (literary or dialectal) my
- 吾皇 [Classical Chinese] ― wú huáng [Pinyin] ― my emperor
- 吾姆 [Sixian Hakka] ― ngâ mê [Pha̍k-fa-sṳ] ― my mom
- a surname. Wu
Synonyms edit
Usage notes edit
Before the Three Kingdoms period, 吾 ("I") was mostly only used as a subject, a pronoun object of a negated sentence or an interrogative pronoun object (the latter two cases are where the pronoun object is placed before the verb), meaning 吾 seldom occurred as the pronoun object that is placed after a verb.
Compounds edit
- 伊吾 (Yīwú)
- 余吾
- 先吾著鞭
- 吾人 (wúrén)
- 吾伊
- 吾儕／吾侪 (wúchái)
- 吾兄 (wúxiōng)
- 吾合沙魯／吾合沙鲁 (Wúhéshālǔ)
- 吾吾
- 吾塔木 (Wútǎmù)
- 吾子 (wúzǐ)
- 吾宗肖 (Wúzōngxiào)
- 吾徒
- 吾愛／吾爱
- 吾當／吾当 (wúdāng)
- 吾輩／吾辈 (wúbèi)
- 吾道東矣／吾道东矣
- 唯吾獨尊／唯吾独尊
- 執金吾／执金吾 (zhí jīnwú)
- 左支右吾
- 希吾勒 (Xīwúlè)
- 托木吾斯塘 (Tuōmù Wúsītáng)
- 支吾 (zhīwú)
- 支吾其詞／支吾其词 (zhīwuqící)
- 支支吾吾 (zhīzhīwúwú)
- 故吾
- 新疆維吾爾自治區／新疆维吾尔自治区 (Xīnjiāng Wéiwú'ěr Zìzhìqū)
- 昆吾
- 東支西吾／东支西吾
- 江左夷吾
- 維吾爾／维吾尔 (Wéiwú'ěr)
- 英吾斯塘 (Yīngwúsītáng)
- 蒼吾讓兄／苍吾让兄
- 薩勒吾則克／萨勒吾则克 (Sàlèwúzékè)
- 金吾 (jīnwú)
- 金吾不禁
Pronunciation 2 edit
Definitions edit
吾
- Only used in 允吾 (yányá; qiānyá). A county established during the Western Han, disestablished during the Northern Wei, and briefly reestablished during the Sui dynasty
Pronunciation 3 edit
Definitions edit
吾
- Only used in 吾吾.
References edit
- “吾”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese edit
Kanji edit
吾
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
Readings edit
Etymology 1 edit
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| 吾 |
| われ Jinmeiyō |
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| 吾 |
| わ Jinmeiyō |
| kun’yomi |
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| (This term, 吾, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
Etymology 2 edit
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| 吾 |
| あれ Jinmeiyō |
| kun’yomi |
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Etymology 3 edit
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| 吾 |
| あ Jinmeiyō |
| kun’yomi |
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Korean edit
Hanja edit
吾 • (o) (hangeul 오, revised o, McCune–Reischauer o)
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Old Japanese edit
Pronoun edit
吾 (wa) (kana わ)
Descendants edit
- Satsugū dialect: おい (oi)
Old Korean edit
Noun edit
吾 (*nA)
- the first-person singular pronoun; I
Descendants edit
Vietnamese edit
Han character edit
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References edit
- Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
- Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
- Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999