Chinese Character 吴 Meanings and components.

Form

吴

Meaning

吴 meaning[3] in English

Surname Wu.

Area Comprising Southern Jiangsu, Northern Zhejiang And Shanghai.

Name Of States In Southern China At Different Historical Periods.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 吴 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are mouth (口) , and day (天)

Its radical[1] is: 口 (kou3) which means: Mouth, Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc), Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls, .口kou3mouth

In cangjie it is written with RMK

How to write 吴

To write吴wu2surname Wu you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 天tian1day arranged in a 吕 shape:

口 + 天 = 吴

吴 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 吴 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 吴, looks as follow:

吴
Pinyin:wu2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Wu . Area Comprising Southern Jiangsu, Northern Zhejiang And Shanghai . Name Of States In Southern China At Different Historical Periods
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
天
Pinyin:tian1 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Day . Sky . Heaven
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
大
Pinyin:da4
Meaning[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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