# 吳

| 吳 | U+5433, &#21555; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5433 |
| ← 吲 [U+5432] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 吴 → [U+5434] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 吳 |
| Shinjitai | 呉 |
| Simplified | 吴 |

### Han character

吳 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口女弓大 (RVNK), four-corner 2680$_1$, composition ⿺⿱𠃑大口)

#### Derived characters

* 俁 娛 悞 虞 麌 𡷤 𢫸 𣑀 𤉇 𤝲 𬗙 𮖅 𩶭 𪕜 𣮇 𩃉 𡔣

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 179, character 4
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3365
* Dae Jaweon: page 396, character 15
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 595, character 8
* Unihan data for U+5433

## Chinese

* 吳 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 吳 (Cantonese)
* 吳 (Classical)
* Ngô͘ (sèⁿ) (Southern Min)
* 吴 (Wu)

### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 吳 :
| Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 吳 | *ŋʷaː |
| 蜈 | *ŋʷaː |
| 鋘 | *ŋʷaː, *ŋʷraː |
| 麌 | *ŋʷaː, *ŋʷaʔ |
| 祦 | *ŋaː |
| 誤 | *ŋʷaːs |
| 悞 | *ŋʷaːs |
| 娛 | *ŋʷaːs, *ŋʷa |
| 虞 | *ŋʷa |
| 澞 | *ŋʷa |
| 鸆 | *ŋʷa |
| 俁 | *ŋʷaʔ |
| 噳 | *ŋʷaʔ |
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 口 (“mouth”) + 夨 (“man with tilted head”) – to speak loudly.

### Etymology 1
#### "to shout"

    Perhaps related to Tibetan ངར་སྐད (ngar skad, “roar; shout”), Tibetan ང་རོ (nga ro, “roar; yell; shout”) (Schuessler, 2007).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wú (wu$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ng$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): m$^3$
* Gan (Wiktionary): u$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): ǹg
    (Hailu, HRS): ng
    (Meixian, Guangdong): n$^2$
* Jin (Wiktionary): vu$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): ngû
* Eastern Min (BUC): ngù
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gou$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): ngô͘ / gô͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ghou$^5$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): ngu$^5$ / ngeu$^5$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^6$wu / $^2$wu / $^2$vu / $^2$ng / $^2$n / $^2$ghou
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): u$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wú
*** Zhuyin: ㄨˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wú
*** Wade–Giles: wu$^2$
*** Yale: wú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wu
*** Palladius: у (u)
*** Sinological IPA : /u³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ng$^4$
*** Yale: ǹgh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ng$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ng$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋ̍²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: m$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /m̩²²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: u$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /u³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ǹg
*** Hakka Romanization System: ng$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ng$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋ̍¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: ng
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋ⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: n$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /n̩¹¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: vu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /vu¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ngû
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋu³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ngù
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋu⁵³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: gou$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɔu¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Lukang, Sanxia, Magong, Hsinchu, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngô͘
*** Tâi-lô: ngôo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ngoo
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋɔ̃²³/
*** IPA (Philippines): /ŋɔ²⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Lukang): /ŋɔ̃²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Tainan, Yilan, Kinmen, Taichung, Philippines, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gô͘
*** Tâi-lô: gôo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: goo
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡɔ¹³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Tainan, Yilan, Kinmen, Philippines, Singapore): /ɡɔ²⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ghou$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: gôu
*** Sinological IPA : /ɡou⁵⁵/
** (Leizhou)
*** Leizhou Pinyin: ngu$^5$ / ngeu$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋu²²/, /ŋɛu²²/
* ngu5 - literary;
* ngeu5 - vernacular (surname).
* Middle Chinese: ngu
Rime :
| Character | 吳 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 疑 (31) |
| Final (韻) | 模 (23) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 五乎切 |
| Baxter | ngu |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ŋuo/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ŋuo/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ŋo/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ŋɔ/ |
| Li Rong | /ŋo/ |
| Wang Li | /ŋu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ŋuo/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | wú |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ng$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*ŋʷˤa/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ŋʷaː/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 吳 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | wú |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ ngu › |
| Old Chinese | /*ŋʷˁa/ |
| English | shout; name of a state |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 吳 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 13094 |
| Phonetic component | 吳 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 吾 |
| Old Chinese | /*ŋʷaː/ |
| Notes | 金文象對人口出大聲， 令其震驚而側首避讓， 馮時說 |

#### Definitions

吳
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to speak loudly; to shout
    From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Bù wú bù áo, hú kǎo zhī xiū. [Pinyin]
    There is no noise, no insolence: An auspice, [all this], of great longevity.
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) big
* (historical) (～國) Wu, a state during the Western Zhou dynasty and the Spring and Autumn period
* (historical) (～國) Eastern Wu, one of the Three Kingdoms
* (historical) (～國) Wu, one of the Ten Kingdoms in eastern China which was in existence from 907 to 937
* the region comprising southern Jiangsu and northern Zhejiang
* Wu; the Chinese dialects of that territory, including Suzhounese and Shanghainese
    See also: 吳語
* (～市) Kure (a city in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan)
* a surname
    吳三桂／吴三桂 ― Wú Sānguì ― Wu Sangui (Chinese military leader)
       Gô͘ Chok-tòng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
       Goh Chok Tong (Singapore's second Prime Minister; currently Emeritus Senior Minister)

##### Descendants

* → English: Wu, Ng, Goh, Ngo
* → Tagalog: Go, Wu

#### Compounds

* 伐東吳 / 伐东吴
* 句吳 / 句吴 (Gōuwú)
* 吳下阿蒙 / 吴下阿蒙
* 吳儂 / 吴侬
* 吳剛伐桂 / 吴刚伐桂
* 吳國 / 吴国 (Wúguó)
* 吳堡 / 吴堡 (Wúbǔ)
* 吳子 / 吴子
* 吳宮教陣 / 吴宫教阵
* 吳家灣 / 吴家湾 (Wújiāwān)
* 吳山 / 吴山 (Wúshān)
* 吳川 / 吴川 (Wúchuān)
* 吳市吹簫 / 吴市吹箫
* 吳店 / 吴店 (Wúdiàn)
* 吳棚 / 吴棚 (Wúpéng)
* 吳榜 / 吴榜 (Wúbǎng)
* 吳樓 / 吴楼 (Wúlóu)
* 吳江 / 吴江 (Wújiāng)
* 吳沙 / 吴沙 (Wúshā)
* 吳派 / 吴派
* 吳淞江 / 吴淞江 (Wúsōngjiāng)
* 吳灣 / 吴湾 (Wúwān)
* 吳牛喘月 / 吴牛喘月 (Wú niú chuǎnyuè)
* 吹簫吳市 / 吹箫吴市
* 吳茱萸 / 吴茱萸 (wúzhūyú)
* 吳語 / 吴语 (wúyǔ)
* 吳越 / 吴越 (Wúyuè)
* 吳越同舟 / 吴越同舟
* 吳越春秋 / 吴越春秋
* 吳郭魚 / 吴郭鱼 (wúguōyú)
* 吳都 / 吴都
* 吳鉤 / 吴钩
* 吳鋪 / 吴铺 (Wúpù)
* 吳音 / 吴音 (wúyīn)
* 吳頭楚尾 / 吴头楚尾
* 吳鹽 / 吴盐
* 大吳 / 大吴
* 孫吳 / 孙吴
* 宋畫吳冶 / 宋画吴冶
* 東吳 / 东吴 (Dōngwú)
* 楚尾吳頭 / 楚尾吴头

#### See also

Dynasties (朝代) in Chinese history :
| Name | Time period | Divisions | Divisions |
| Xia 夏 (～朝, ～代) | 2070 – 1600 BCE | | |
| Shang 商 (～朝, ～代) 殷 (～朝, ～代) | 1600 – 1046 BCE | | |
| Zhou 周 (～朝, ～代) | 1046 – 256 BCE | Western Zhou 西周 | |
| Zhou 周 (～朝, ～代) | 1046 – 256 BCE | Eastern Zhou 東周 / 东周 | Spring and Autumn period 春秋 |
| Zhou 周 (～朝, ～代) | 1046 – 256 BCE | Eastern Zhou 東周 / 东周 | Warring States period 戰國 / 战国 |
| Qin 秦 (～朝, ～代) | 221 – 206 BCE | | |
| Han 漢 / 汉 (～朝, ～代) | 206 BCE – 220 C.E. | Western Han 西漢 / 西汉 | Western Han 西漢 / 西汉 |
| Xin 新 (～朝) ||
| Eastern Han 東漢 / 东汉 ||
| Three Kingdoms 三國 / 三国 | 220 – 280 C.E. | Wei 魏 | Wei 魏 |
| Shu Han 蜀漢 / 蜀汉 ||
| Wu 吳 / 吴 ||
| Jin 晉 / 晋 (～朝, ～代) | 265 – 420 C.E. | Western Jin 西晉 / 西晋 | Western Jin 西晉 / 西晋 |
| Eastern Jin 東晉 / 东晋 ||
| Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝 | 420 – 589 C.E. | Northern dynasties 北朝 | Northern Wei 北魏 |
| Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝 | 420 – 589 C.E. | Northern dynasties 北朝 | Western Wei 西魏 |
| Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝 | 420 – 589 C.E. | Northern dynasties 北朝 | Eastern Wei 東魏 / 东魏 |
| Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝 | 420 – 589 C.E. | Northern dynasties 北朝 | Northern Zhou 北周 |
| Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝 | 420 – 589 C.E. | Northern dynasties 北朝 | Northern Qi 北齊 / 北齐 |
| Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝 | 420 – 589 C.E. | Southern dynasties 南朝 | Liu Song 劉宋 / 刘宋 |
| Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝 | 420 – 589 C.E. | Southern dynasties 南朝 | Southern Qi 南齊 / 南齐 |
| Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝 | 420 – 589 C.E. | Southern dynasties 南朝 | Liang 梁 (～朝, ～代) |
| Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝 | 420 – 589 C.E. | Southern dynasties 南朝 | Chen 陳 / 陈 (～朝, ～代) |
| Sui 隋 (～朝, ～代) | 581 – 618 C.E. | | |
| Tang 唐 (～朝, ～代) | 618 – 907 C.E. | | |
| Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms 五代十國 / 五代十国 | 907 – 960 C.E. | | |
| Liao 遼 / 辽 (～朝, ～代) | 907 – 1125 C.E. | | |
| Song 宋 (～朝, ～代) | 960 – 1279 C.E. | Northern Song 北宋 | Northern Song 北宋 |
| Southern Song 南宋 ||
| Western Xia 西夏 | 1038 – 1227 C.E. | | |
| Jin 金 (～朝, ～代) | 1115 – 1234 C.E. | | |
| Western Liao 西遼 / 西辽 | 1124 – 1218 C.E. | | |
| Yuan 元 (～朝, ～代) | 1271 – 1368 C.E. | | |
| Ming 明 (～朝, ～代) | 1368 – 1644 C.E. | | |
| Qing 清 (～朝, ～代) | 1636 – 1912 C.E. | | |

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yú (yu$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yú
*** Zhuyin: ㄩˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yú
*** Wade–Giles: yü$^2$
*** Yale: yú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yu
*** Palladius: юй (juj)
*** Sinological IPA : /y³⁵/

#### Definitions

吳
* Alternative form of 虞 (yú)

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 呉 |
| Kyūjitai | 吳 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 呉)
* China
* to give something, to do something for someone

#### Readings

* Go-on: ぐ (gu)
* Kan-on: ご (go)
* Kun: くれ (kure, 吳)、くれる (kureru, 吳れる)
* Nanori: くに (kuni)、くれ (kure)

#### Usage notes

This character lacks JIS support. The character 呉 (U+5449) is used instead in Japanese.

## Korean
### Hanja

吳 (eumhun 성씨 오 (seongssi o)) Surname:Oh
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
吳 (eumhun 큰소리칠 화 (keunsorichil hwa))Making a loud noise or Make a loud noise.
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

吳: Hán Nôm readings: ngô
* chữ Hán form of Ngô (“a surname”).
    吳寶珠 ― Ngô Bảo Châu