Read Edit View history 吾 wúWú I, me Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 五 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas wú ×yú ×yá × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 吾 Simp strokes 吾 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 吾 Simp strokes 吾 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 吾 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 328, 739 ], [ 354, 732 ], [ 407, 731 ], [ 644, 768 ], [ 703, 766 ] ], [ [ 462, 709 ], [ 485, 685 ], [ 482, 644 ], [ 421, 398 ], [ 416, 387 ], [ 393, 371 ] ], [ [ 308, 552 ], [ 363, 548 ], [ 600, 595 ], [ 642, 594 ], [ 665, 577 ], [ 678, 557 ], [ 631, 418 ], [ 600, 392 ] ], [ [ 111, 325 ], [ 151, 315 ], [ 184, 317 ], [ 461, 354 ], [ 842, 389 ], [ 892, 381 ], [ 930, 367 ] 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302 542 322 536 Q 349 523 387 534 Q 409 538 431 541 L 486 551 Q 538 561 590 570 Q 615 574 626 564 Q 638 551 634 526 Q 616 448 594 387 C 584 359 641 366 650 395 Z", "M 388 363 Q 256 351 114 336 Q 92 335 108 315 Q 141 282 184 291 Q 424 351 859 352 Q 887 352 915 351 Q 937 350 943 360 Q 949 373 931 388 Q 873 433 832 424 Q 756 411 650 395 L 594 387 Q 554 383 509 377 Q 473 374 436 368 L 388 363 Z", "M 322 239 Q 316 240 310 241 Q 297 244 293 238 Q 286 231 296 214 Q 330 147 350 39 Q 354 5 374 -16 Q 393 -40 400 -22 Q 403 -10 403 7 L 399 46 Q 378 163 372 197 C 367 227 352 234 322 239 Z", "M 686 75 Q 714 172 755 205 Q 774 224 759 245 Q 675 309 621 282 Q 405 224 322 239 C 292 243 343 191 372 197 Q 426 209 610 236 Q 638 242 650 229 Q 660 219 658 195 Q 646 134 632 82 C 624 53 677 46 686 75 Z", "M 403 7 Q 404 8 409 8 Q 502 24 700 34 Q 713 35 714 45 Q 715 54 686 75 C 670 87 662 86 632 82 Q 631 83 629 82 Q 502 57 399 46 C 369 43 373 2 403 7 Z" ] } 7 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source 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