梧

梧 U+68A7, 梧 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-68A7 ← 梦 [U+68A6] CJK Unified Ideographs 梨 → [U+68A8]

Translingual

Han character

梧 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 木一一口 (DMMR), four-corner 4196₁, composition ⿰木吾)

References

• KangXi: page 530, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14872
• Dae Jaweon: page 918, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1211, character 2
• Unihan data for U+68A7

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		梧

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (五) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
吾	*ŋraː, *ŋaː
衙	*ŋraː, *ŋa, *ŋaʔ
鼯	*ŋaː
浯	*ŋaː
珸	*ŋaː
郚	*ŋaː
齬	*ŋaː, *ŋa, *ŋaʔ
鯃	*ŋaː
娪	*ŋaː
梧	*ŋaː
峿	*ŋaː
五	*ŋaːʔ
伍	*ŋaːʔ
寤	*ŋaːs
啎	*ŋaːs
晤	*ŋaːs
悟	*ŋaːs
逜	*ŋaːs
窹	*ŋaːs
捂	*ŋaːs
鋙	*ŋa, *ŋaʔ
語	*ŋaʔ, *ŋas
圄	*ŋaʔ
敔	*ŋaʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wú, wù, yǔ (wu², wu⁴, yu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ, ㄨˋ, ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁴
• Min Dong (BUC): ngù
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): ngô͘ / gô͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ngo⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wú
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wú
    • Wade–Giles: wu²
    • Yale: wú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wu
    • Palladius: у (u)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wù
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wù
    • Wade–Giles: wu⁴
    • Yale: wù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuh
    • Palladius: у (u)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǔ
    • Wade–Giles: yü³
    • Yale: yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeu
    • Palladius: юй (juj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ng⁴
    • Yale: ǹgh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍²¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ngù
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋu⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngô͘
    • Tâi-lô: ngôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ngoo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋɔ̃²³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen): /ŋɔ̃²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gô͘
    • Tâi-lô: gôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡɔ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡɔ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡɔ²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ngo⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngô
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋo⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /ŋuo/

Rime
Character	梧
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

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	梧
Reading #	1/1
No.	13144
Phonetic component	五
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	吾
Old Chinese	/*ŋaː/

Definitions

梧

1. Chinese parasol tree (Firmiana platanifolia), also known as Sterculia platanifolia

Compounds

• 枝梧
• 梧丘之魂
• 梧桐 (wútóng)
• 梧鼠之技

• 碧梧
• 魁梧 (kuíwú)
• 梧棲／梧栖 (Wúqī)
• 梧鼠技窮／梧鼠技穷

• 棲梧食竹／栖梧食竹
• 蒼梧／苍梧 (Cāngwú)
• 魁梧奇偉／魁梧奇伟
• 鳳止高梧／凤止高梧

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Japanese

Kanji

梧

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• Go-on: ぐ (gu)
• Kan-on: ご (go)
• Kun: あおぎり (aogiri, 梧)

Compounds

Compounds

• 魁梧(かいご) (kaigo)
• 梧下(ごか) (goka)
• 梧窓漫筆(ごそうまんぴつ) (gosōmanpitsu)
• 梧桐(ごとう) (gotō)
• 梧右(ごゆう) (goyū)
• 梧葉(ごよう) (goyō)
• 蒼梧(そうご) (sōgo)
• 蒼梧(そうご) (Sōgo): Jiuyi Mountains
• 梯梧(でいご) (deigo): Indian coral tree
• 碧梧(へきご) (hekigo)

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Korean

Hanja

梧 • (o) (hangeul 오, revised o, McCune–Reischauer o, Yale o)

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Vietnamese

Han character

梧: Hán Nôm readings: ngô

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