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兀

(literary) rising to a height; towering; (literary) bald; bare; (literary) still; yet

3 strokes Dict coverage rank #2,726 U+5140

How 兀 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

Cutting 一 off the feet 儿

components: 一 儿

Characters built with 兀 as their sound component

These characters all use 兀 (wù) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:

CharacterPinyinMeaning
兀 sound component wù weak; lame
虺 huī a large venomous snake
阢 wù worried, apprehensive
髡 kūn to shear a tree; an ancient punishment

Words containing 兀

WordPinyinMeaning
蒙兀国 Měng wù guó Khamag Mongol, a 12th century Mongolic tribal confederation
兀自 wù zì (literary) still; yet
高山兀鹫 gāo shān wù jiù (bird species of China) Himalayan vulture (Gyps himalayensis)
兀立 wù lì to stand upright
白背兀鹫 bái bèi wù jiù (bird species of China) white-rumped vulture (Gyps bengalensis)
白兀鹫 bái wù jiù (bird species of China) Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus)
突兀 tū wù lofty; towering; sudden; abrupt
黑兀鹫 hēi wù jiù (bird species of China) red-headed vulture (Sarcogyps calvus)
兀鹰 wù yīng griffon vulture
胡兀鹫 hú wù jiù (bird species of China) bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus)
兀凳 wù dèng Chinese-style low stool
兀鹫 wù jiù vulture; (bird species of China) Eurasian griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus)
兀臬 wù niè variant of 杌隉|杌陧[wu4 nie4]
兀臲 wù niè variant of 杌隉|杌陧[wu4 nie4]