晤
wù HSK7

have interview with

Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 吾 represents the sound.

Components

日
日 Meaning component
rì sun
吾
吾 Sound component
wú, yú, yá I, me

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartnguHŋˤak-sgo to meet
Zhengzhangŋaːs

說文解字

明也。从日吾聲。《詩》曰：“晤辟有摽。”

Sources

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