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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
wú | wu2
English translation
weeds; overgrowth

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

Contains the radical

cǎo

Part of speech

Place name / 地名 dì míng Dìmíng

Learning hint

weed

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

艹无

Semantic compound

cǎo

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. cǎo represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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lǎo 园丁 yuán dīng Hòu , 花园 huā yuán jiù 慢慢 màn màn 荒芜 huāng wú le .

After the old gardener died, the garden grew wild.

zhè zuò 花园 huā yuán jiǔ 荒芜 huāng wú , cháng Mǎn le 杂草 zá cǎo .

The garden was neglected so long that it was choked up with weeds.

我们 wǒmen de 四周 sì zhōu 出现 chūxiàn le 荒芜 huāng wú de 高原 gāo yuán 沼地, tóu dǐng shǎng liàng zhāo 星星 xīng xing .

The moors are around us and the stars are above our heads.

无树 de 荒芜 huāng wú 干旱 gānhàn 土地 tǔdì

treeless and desiccated soil

科西嘉岛 Kē xī jiā Dǎo 腹地 fù dì 地势 dìshì 高企环境 huánjìng 荒芜 huāng wú

The interior of Corsica is high and untamed.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
荒芜 huāng wú overgrown荒蕪
芜湖 Wú hú Wuhu prefecture level city in Anhui蕪湖
overgrown with weeds
芜菁 wú jīng turnip蕪菁
莱芜 Lái wú Laiwu prefecture-level city in Shandong萊蕪
芜湖市 Wú hú shì Wuhu prefecture level city in Anhui蕪湖市
莱芜市 Lái wú shì Laiwu prefecture-level city in Shandong萊蕪市
芜杂 wú zá miscellaneous蕪雜
芜湖县 Wú hú xiàn Wuhu county in Wuhu 蕪湖|芜湖 Wú hú [Wú​hú], Anhui蕪湖縣
去芜存菁 qù wú cún jīng lit. to get rid of the weeds and keep the flowers去蕪存菁
繁芜 fán wú wordy繁蕪

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