Chinese Character 吾 Meanings and components.

Form

吾

Meaning

吾 meaning[3] in English

Surname Wu.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 吾 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are five (五) , and mouth (口)

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 MMR

How to write 吾

To write吾wu2surname Wu you should write a combination of 五wu3five , 口kou3mouth arranged in a 吕 shape:

五 + 口 = 吾

吾 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

吾
Pinyin:wu2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Wu
五
Pinyin:wu3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Five . 5
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

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

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

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