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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
wū | wu1
English translation
crow, rook, raven; black, dark

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

Contains the radical

huǒ

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

A crow; compare  diǎo

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Type

pictographic

Positional decomposition

⿹? huǒ

Explanation

Simplified form of . Pictograph of a crow. Similar to niǎo .

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Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
crow
乌克兰 Wū kè lán Ukraine烏克蘭
乌龟 wū guī tortoise烏龜
乌鸦 wū yā crow烏鴉
乌鲁木齐 Wū lǔ mù qí Ürümqi or Urumqi prefecture level city and capital of Xinjiang Uighur autonomous region 新疆維吾爾自治區|新疆维吾尔自治区 Xīn jiāng Wéi wú ěr Zì zhì qū in west China烏魯木齊
乌云 wū yún black cloud烏雲
乌托邦 wū tuō bāng utopia (loanword)烏托邦
义乌 Yì wū Yiwu county level city in Jinhua 金華|金华 Jīn huá [Jīn​huá], Zhejiang義烏
乌干达 Wū gān dá Uganda烏干達
乌兹别克斯坦 Wū zī bié kè sī tǎn Uzbekistan烏茲別克斯坦
乌贼 wū zéi cuttlefish烏賊
乌拉圭 Wū lā guī Uruguay烏拉圭
乌龙 wū lóng black dragon烏龍
乌黑 wūhēi dark烏黑
乌合之众 wū hé zhī zhòng mob烏合之眾
乌鲁木齐市 Wū lǔ mù qí Shì Ürümqi or Urumqi prefecture level city and capital of Xinjiang Uighur autonomous region 新疆維吾爾自治區|新疆维吾尔自治区 Xīn jiāng Wéi wú ěr Zì zhì qū [Xīn​jiāng​Wéi​wú​'ěr​Zì​zhì​qū] in west China烏魯木齊市
化为乌有 huà wéi wū yǒu to go up in smoke化為烏有
乌烟瘴气 wū yān zhàng qì billowing smoke (idiom)烏煙瘴氣
乌龙茶 wū lóng chá oolong tea烏龍茶

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