邬
Wū

various place names

Components

乌
乌 Sound component
wū crow
阝
阝 Meaning component
fù hill, place

place

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

鄔 various place names Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqaː
qaːʔ
qas

說文解字

太原縣。从邑烏聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)