Read Edit View history Discussion 嗚 wū sound of crying Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 烏 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas wū × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 呜 × 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 嗚 Simp strokes 嗚 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 嗚 Simp strokes 嗚 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 嗚 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 108, 580 ], [ 135, 557 ], [ 142, 543 ], [ 180, 316 ] ], [ [ 160, 579 ], [ 180, 572 ], [ 295, 607 ], [ 314, 604 ], [ 338, 581 ], [ 309, 460 ], [ 283, 439 ] ], [ [ 200, 380 ], [ 214, 396 ], [ 275, 411 ], [ 331, 417 ], [ 352, 410 ] ], [ [ 607, 836 ], [ 620, 829 ], [ 638, 801 ], [ 572, 702 ], [ 545, 668 ], [ 526, 655 ] ], [ [ 458, 657 ], [ 483, 636 ], [ 493, 612 ], [ 486, 359 ], 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686 184 701 153 Q 710 137 724 134 Q 733 131 741 141 Q 750 153 750 181 Q 750 208 679 252 Q 667 259 661 259 Q 655 256 653 245 Q 653 235 670 209 Z" ] } 13 strokes 嗚 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 108, 580 ], [ 135, 557 ], [ 142, 543 ], [ 180, 316 ] ], [ [ 160, 579 ], [ 180, 572 ], [ 295, 607 ], [ 314, 604 ], [ 338, 581 ], [ 309, 460 ], [ 283, 439 ] ], [ [ 200, 380 ], [ 214, 396 ], [ 275, 411 ], [ 331, 417 ], [ 352, 410 ] ], [ [ 607, 836 ], [ 620, 829 ], [ 638, 801 ], [ 572, 702 ], [ 545, 668 ], [ 526, 655 ] ], [ [ 458, 657 ], [ 483, 636 ], [ 493, 612 ], [ 486, 359 ], [ 478, 292 ], [ 491, 272 ] ], [ [ 518, 643 ], [ 538, 635 ], [ 687, 675 ], [ 721, 671 ], [ 750, 641 ], [ 719, 577 ], [ 689, 560 ] ], [ [ 518, 493 ], [ 535, 503 ], [ 685, 533 ], [ 746, 527 ] ], [ [ 510, 385 ], [ 525, 397 ], [ 640, 419 ], [ 691, 427 ], [ 727, 421 ] ], [ [ 510, 330 ], [ 527, 298 ], [ 626, 322 ], [ 844, 352 ], [ 870, 344 ], [ 896, 314 ], [ 842, 97 ], [ 806, 8 ], [ 772, -19 ], [ 672, 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Z", "M 510 404 Q 510 446 510 486 L 511 515 Q 512 573 525 610 Q 525 613 526 615 C 531 634 531 634 513 647 Q 497 660 477 668 Q 458 674 449 665 Q 442 659 451 647 Q 475 602 462 374 Q 458 338 451 305 Q 445 283 461 267 Q 483 249 503 263 C 510 266 510 308 510 338 Q 510 359 510 379 L 510 404 Z", "M 736 547 Q 766 607 795 621 Q 813 640 799 658 Q 721 721 672 692 Q 648 683 547 654 L 519 649 Q 515 649 513 647 C 484 639 497 607 526 615 Q 577 630 679 651 Q 695 655 703 649 Q 710 640 706 625 Q 694 588 681 555 C 670 527 722 520 736 547 Z", "M 510 486 Q 520 482 539 485 Q 603 501 745 517 Q 755 518 756 527 Q 756 534 736 547 C 712 564 710 563 681 555 Q 587 528 511 515 C 481 510 481 493 510 486 Z", "M 510 379 Q 513 379 722 410 Q 747 414 737 428 Q 727 443 699 448 Q 666 451 510 404 C 481 395 480 375 510 379 Z", "M 503 263 Q 546 291 691 315 Q 826 337 849 316 Q 861 306 848 262 Q 812 82 777 37 Q 767 24 741 28 Q 710 37 682 45 Q 666 51 666 43 Q 666 37 675 29 Q 724 -26 741 -63 Q 748 -85 768 -75 Q 835 -48 856 26 Q 884 122 906 228 Q 916 268 936 301 Q 951 317 938 331 Q 920 353 881 377 Q 859 390 829 379 Q 780 358 735 354 Q 671 347 541 323 Q 514 313 510 338 C 488 359 476 250 503 263 Z", "M 314 226 Q 293 169 263 118 Q 241 84 264 49 Q 273 30 294 45 Q 343 85 344 167 Q 348 201 339 227 Q 333 236 327 236 Q 318 235 314 226 Z", "M 414 191 Q 429 125 447 108 Q 457 101 468 106 Q 478 113 482 127 Q 488 163 438 214 Q 428 224 420 225 Q 414 226 412 217 Q 408 208 414 191 Z", "M 533 205 Q 551 154 572 133 Q 582 127 592 134 Q 601 141 603 154 Q 604 187 568 218 Q 543 239 535 237 Q 531 238 528 229 Q 527 220 533 205 Z", "M 670 209 Q 686 184 701 153 Q 710 137 724 134 Q 733 131 741 141 Q 750 153 750 181 Q 750 208 679 252 Q 667 259 661 259 Q 655 256 653 245 Q 653 235 670 209 Z" ] } 13 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. 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