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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
wú | wu2
English translation
Chinese parasol tree, Sterculia platanifolia

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

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tree

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

木吾

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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非常 fēicháng 喜欢 xǐhuan 身材 shēncái 魁梧 kuí wú 肤色 fū sè 偏黑 de 男人 nán rén

I tend to go for large dark men.

身材 shēncái 魁梧 kuí wú 留着红色 hóng sè de 八字胡 bā zì hú

He was heavily-built and sported a red moustache.

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
魁梧 kuí wú tall and sturdy魁梧 kuí wú
Sterculia platanifolia
梧桐 wú tóng Chinese parasol tree梧桐 wú tóng
梧州 Wú zhōu Wuzhou prefecture level city in Guangxi梧州 Wú zhōu
梧州市 Wú zhōu shì Wuzhou prefecture level city in Guangxi梧州市 Wú zhōu shì
苍梧 Cāng wú Cangwu county in Wuzhou 梧州 Wú zhōu [Wú​zhōu], Guangxi蒼梧
苍梧县 Cāng wú xiàn Cangwu county in Wuzhou 梧州 Wú zhōu [Wú​zhōu], Guangxi蒼梧縣
梧州地区 Wú zhōu dì qū Wuzhou prefecture in Guangxi梧州地區

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