Read Edit View history Discussion 吳 wú one of warring states Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of a person with their head tilted (夨) yelling with an open mouth (口). Pinyin Separate values with commas Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 吴 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts a mouth. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 吳 Simp strokes 吳 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a person with their head tilted. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 吳 Simp strokes 吳 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 吳 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 350, 766 ], [ 380, 744 ], [ 387, 727 ], [ 423, 567 ] ], [ [ 410, 763 ], [ 421, 753 ], [ 434, 752 ], [ 618, 788 ], [ 649, 780 ], [ 674, 749 ], [ 634, 662 ], [ 604, 646 ] ], [ [ 444, 581 ], [ 460, 596 ], [ 594, 619 ], [ 658, 611 ] ], [ [ 265, 611 ], [ 302, 577 ], [ 301, 528 ], [ 287, 436 ], [ 334, 436 ], [ 382, 450 ], [ 607, 485 ], [ 653, 487 ], [ 681, 478 ], [ 690, 467 ], [ 689, 454 ], [ 666, 389 ], [ 658, 374 ], [ 624, 345 ] ], [ [ 134, 270 ], [ 190, 259 ], [ 515, 308 ], [ 797, 334 ], [ 838, 332 ], [ 898, 315 ] ], [ [ 425, 432 ], [ 462, 403 ], [ 451, 307 ], [ 423, 217 ], [ 370, 131 ], [ 319, 86 ], [ 233, 41 ], [ 101, 6 ] ], [ [ 483, 276 ], [ 542, 210 ], [ 634, 126 ], [ 731, 52 ], [ 787, 33 ], [ 946, 9 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 401 766 Q 388 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Q 618 345 618 339 C 610 310 670 321 682 349 Z", "M 488 285 Q 590 298 883 298 Q 905 298 911 308 Q 918 321 899 336 Q 833 385 772 365 Q 730 359 682 349 L 618 339 Q 524 330 486 321 L 421 312 Q 286 297 138 280 Q 114 279 132 259 Q 148 243 167 237 Q 191 231 208 236 Q 305 261 415 276 L 488 285 Z", "M 417 437 Q 429 389 421 312 L 415 276 Q 382 180 332 128 Q 260 62 111 15 Q 101 14 95 9 Q 89 5 99 -1 Q 105 -2 120 -1 Q 223 11 299 49 Q 422 106 470 262 L 486 321 Q 489 337 492 351 Q 496 381 503 400 Q 509 413 499 422 Q 484 438 467 448 C 442 465 411 466 417 437 Z", "M 470 262 Q 576 135 692 20 Q 719 -8 763 -10 Q 845 -16 929 -1 Q 951 0 953 7 Q 956 14 939 22 Q 735 100 687 131 Q 609 182 488 285 C 465 304 450 286 470 262 Z" ] } 7 strokes 吳 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 350, 766 ], [ 380, 744 ], [ 387, 727 ], [ 423, 567 ] ], [ [ 410, 763 ], [ 421, 753 ], [ 434, 752 ], [ 618, 788 ], [ 649, 780 ], [ 674, 749 ], [ 634, 662 ], [ 604, 646 ] ], [ [ 444, 581 ], [ 460, 596 ], [ 594, 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589 656 602 Q 666 603 668 611 Q 668 618 650 631 L 596 641 Q 593 642 591 641 Q 506 619 436 608 C 406 603 407 574 437 575 Z", "M 682 349 Q 713 427 740 453 Q 762 466 755 477 Q 745 493 690 520 Q 672 530 647 517 Q 613 501 568 497 Q 477 484 333 457 Q 317 453 319 472 Q 322 530 333 567 Q 343 586 333 595 Q 314 611 280 622 Q 264 626 258 622 Q 246 612 257 598 Q 282 558 274 514 Q 271 478 248 452 Q 232 437 239 420 Q 248 404 269 391 Q 279 382 296 393 Q 354 432 417 437 L 467 448 Q 530 460 610 466 Q 637 466 644 455 Q 654 445 642 420 Q 632 384 621 352 Q 618 345 618 339 C 610 310 670 321 682 349 Z", "M 488 285 Q 590 298 883 298 Q 905 298 911 308 Q 918 321 899 336 Q 833 385 772 365 Q 730 359 682 349 L 618 339 Q 524 330 486 321 L 421 312 Q 286 297 138 280 Q 114 279 132 259 Q 148 243 167 237 Q 191 231 208 236 Q 305 261 415 276 L 488 285 Z", "M 417 437 Q 429 389 421 312 L 415 276 Q 382 180 332 128 Q 260 62 111 15 Q 101 14 95 9 Q 89 5 99 -1 Q 105 -2 120 -1 Q 223 11 299 49 Q 422 106 470 262 L 486 321 Q 489 337 492 351 Q 496 381 503 400 Q 509 413 499 422 Q 484 438 467 448 C 442 465 411 466 417 437 Z", "M 470 262 Q 576 135 692 20 Q 719 -8 763 -10 Q 845 -16 929 -1 Q 951 0 953 7 Q 956 14 939 22 Q 735 100 687 131 Q 609 182 488 285 C 465 304 450 286 470 262 Z" ] } 7 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.