吾
(old) I; my
7 strokes
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How 吾 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
口 (semantic, “mouth”) + 五 (phonetic, wǔ)
How to remember it
I (literary) · Heisig RSH #19
五 five + 口 mouth
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 吾
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 世界维吾尔代表大会 | Shì jiè Wéi wú ěr Dài biǎo Dà huì | World Uighur Congress |
| 老吾老，以及人之老 | lǎo wú lǎo , yǐ jí rén zhī lǎo | to honor old people as we do our own aged parents |
| 新疆维吾尔自治区 | Xīn jiāng Wéi wú ěr Zì zhì qū | Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, capital Ürümqi 烏魯木齊市|乌鲁木齐市[Wu1 lu3 mu4 qi2 Shi4] (short… |
| 维吾尔人 | Wéi wú ěr rén | Uighur person or people |
| 老吾老，以及人之老，幼吾幼，以及人之幼 | lǎo wú lǎo , yǐ jí rén zhī lǎo , yòu wú yòu , yǐ jí rén zhī yòu | to honor old people as we do our own aged parents, and care for other's children as one's … |
| 维吾尔语 | Wéi wú ěr yǔ | Uighur language |
| 维吾尔族 | Wéi wú ěr zú | Uyghur ethnic group |
| 吾尔开希 | Wú ěr kāi xī | Örkesh Dölet (1968-), one of the main leaders of the Beijing student democracy movement of… |
| 维吾尔 | Wéi wú ěr | Uyghur ethnic group |
| 支吾其词 | zhī wú qí cí | (idiom) to talk in a roundabout way to cover up the truth; evasive |
| 伊吾县 | Yī wú Xiàn | Yiwu, a county in Hami City 哈密市[Ha1 mi4 Shi4], Xinjiang |
| 幼吾幼，以及人之幼 | yòu wú yòu , yǐ jí rén zhī yòu | to care for other's children as one's own |
| 吾生也有涯，而知也无涯 | wú shēng yě yǒu yá , ér zhī yě wú yá | Life is short, learning is limitless; Ars longa, vita brevis |
| 吾人 | wú rén | (literary) we; us |
| 执金吾 | zhí jīn wú | (Han dynasty) official in command of an army responsible for maintaining law and order in … |
| 吾等 | wú děng | (literary) we; us |
| 伊吾 | Yī wú | see 伊吾縣|伊吾县[Yi1 wu2 Xian4] |
| 支吾 | zhī wú | to resist; to deal with |
| 支吾 | zhī wu | to respond evasively or vaguely; to elude; to stall |
| 支支吾吾 | zhī zhī wú wú | to hem and haw; to stall; to stammer; to mumble; to falter |