# 烏

| 烏 | U+70CF, &#28879; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-70CF |
| ← 烎 [U+70CE] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 烐 → [U+70D0] |

## Translingual
### Han character

烏 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹口卜火 (HRYF), four-corner 2732$_7$, composition ⿱丿⿹⿺㇉⿱コ一灬)

#### Derived characters

* 𠌥(𠆿), 𭂛, 𠭬, 嗚(呜), 塢(坞), 𡠄, 嵨, 𢄓, 𢞬, 摀, 溩, 隖(𬮻), 㮧, 熓(𤆡), 瑦, 䃖, 𥻼, 螐, 𧪛, 䡧, 鎢(钨), 𨻑, 𪦭, 䖚, 𩈺, 𩌗, 𩝷, 鰞, 𪄝, 𠥹, 𪏝
* 𣯑, 𧽋, 𠞆(𠛆), 鄔(邬), 歍, 𣦑, 𫸼, 𬚭, 𫕜, 𤑎, 𫖤, 𦶀, 𩮮, 𤸼, 𨶇, 𡈎

#### Related characters

* 乌 (Simplified Chinese)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 670, character 1
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18998
* Dae Jaweon: page 1079, character 2
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2202, character 3
* Unihan data for U+70CF

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 烏 :
| Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script |
| | Old Chinese |
| 烏 | *qaː |
| 嗚 | *qaː |
| 鰞 | *qaː |
| 歍 | *qaː |
| 鎢 | *qaː |
| 瑦 | *qaː, *qaːʔ |
| 鄔 | *qaː, *qaːʔ, *qas |
| 螐 | *qaː |
| 隖 | *qaːʔ |
| 塢 | *qaːʔ, *qaːs |
| 溩 | *qaːʔ |
Pictogram (象形) – a bird. Compare 鳥 (“bird”), of similar development. See also the original version of its variant 於.

### Etymology
#### “crow; black; dark”

    From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ka-n (“crow”) (STEDT). Doublet of 鴉 (OC *qraː, “crow; raven”), which retains the earlier vowel in Middle Chinese (*ʔˠa), and 鸒 (OC *la, *las, “jackdaw”).
    Schuessler (2007) considers it to be onomatopoeic, and compares it with Proto-Loloish *akᴸ (“crow”).
    “Black; dark” is a semantic extension of “crow” – “black as a crow”. Compare 黑 (OC *hmlɯːɡ, “black”), which is cognate with 墨 (OC *mlɯːɡ, “ink”).

#### “sun”

    The Three-legged crow was thought to reside in the Sun.

#### interrogative pronoun

    Related to the following interrogative pronouns with similar phonological shapes in Old Chinese (Wang, 1982), with differing suffixes:
   * 焉 (OC *qan, *qran, “how; where”)
   * 惡 (OC *qaː, “how”)
   * 安 (OC *qaːn, “where; how; why”)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): wū, wù (wu$^1$, wu$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄨ, ㄨˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): wu$^1$
    (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): wǔ
    (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): wù
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): ву (vu, I)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): wu$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): vû
    (Hailu, HRS): vu$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): vu$^1$
    (Changting, Changting Pinyin): vu$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): vu$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): ŭ
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ou$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): o͘ / u
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ou$^1$ / u$^1$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): eu$^1$ / u$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$u
* Xiang
    (Changsha, Wiktionary): u$^1$
    (Loudi, Wiktionary): u$^1$
    (Hengyang, Wiktionary): u$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wū
*** Zhuyin: ㄨ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wu
*** Wade–Giles: wu$^1$
*** Yale: wū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: u
*** Palladius: у (u)
*** Sinological IPA : /u⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wù
*** Zhuyin: ㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wù
*** Wade–Giles: wu$^4$
*** Yale: wù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuh
*** Palladius: у (u)
*** Sinological IPA : /u⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: wu$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: u
*** Sinological IPA : /vu⁵⁵/
** (Xi'an)
*** Guanzhong Pinyin: wǔ
*** Sinological IPA : /u²¹/
** (Nanjing)
*** Nanjing Pinyin: wù
*** Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): wu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /u³¹/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: ву (vu, I)
*** Sinological IPA : /vou²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wu$^1$
*** Yale: wū
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wu$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /wuː⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vû
*** Hakka Romanization System: vu$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: vu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /vu²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: vu$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /vu⁵³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: vu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ʋu⁴⁴/
** (Changting)
*** Changting Pinyin: vu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /vu³³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: vu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /vu¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ŭ
*** Sinological IPA : /u⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ou$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɔu⁵³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Nan'an, Hui'an, Yongchun, Zhangzhou, Changtai, Zhangpu, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Lukang, Taichung, Hsinchu, Yilan, Sanxia, Magong, Kinmen, Penang, Klang, Singapore, Medan, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘
*** Tâi-lô: oo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: of
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Nan'an, Hui'an, Lukang, Penang, Klang, Philippines): /ɔ³³/
*** IPA (Zhangpu): /ɔu⁵⁵/
*** IPA (Changtai): /eu⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Yongchun, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan, Kinmen, Singapore): /ɔ⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Longyan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: u
*** Tâi-lô: u
*** Phofsit Daibuun: w
*** IPA (Longyan): /u³³⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ou$^1$ / u$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ou / u
*** Sinological IPA : /ou³³/, /u³³/
* ou1 - vernacular;
* u1 - literary.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit烏 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /u⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /u⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /u²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /u²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /vu²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /u²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /u²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /v̩⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /vu⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /vu³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /vu⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /u⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /u⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /u⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /u⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /u³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /u²¹/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /vu¹¹/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /u¹³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /vu³¹/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /u⁵³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /əu⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /ʔu³³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /v̠u³³/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /u³¹/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /u¹¹/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /u³³/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /u³³/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /u⁴²/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /vu⁴⁴/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /vu²⁴/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /wu⁵³/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /wu⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /wu⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /ɔ⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /u⁴⁴/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /u⁵⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /ou³³/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /u²³/ /ɔu²³/ |
* Middle Chinese: 'u
Rime :
| Character | 烏 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 模 (23) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 哀都切 |
| Baxter | 'u |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʔuo/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔuo/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔo/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔɔ/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔo/ |
| Wang Li | /u/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʔuo/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | wū |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | wu$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ʔ]ˤa/, /*qˤa/, /*ʔˤa/
    (Zhengzhang): /*qaː/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 烏 | 烏 | 烏 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | wū | wū | wū |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ ʔu › | ‹ ʔu › | ‹ ʔu › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ʔ]ˁa/ | /*qˁa/ | /*ʔˁa/ |
| English | oh! | crow, raven; black | 烏桓, 烏丸 Wūhuán: Avars (W. Hàn) |
| 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 | 烏 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 13077 |
| Phonetic component | 烏 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 烏 |
| Old Chinese | /*qaː/ |

### Definitions

烏
* crow; raven; rook
    From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Mò chì fěi hú, mò hēi fěi wū. [Pinyin]
    Nothing red is seen but foxes, nothing black but crows.
* (obsolete, metonymically) sun
    兔走烏飛／兔走乌飞 ― tùzǒuwūfēi ― time passes quickly (literally, “the rabbit [of the moon] runs and the crow [of the sun] flies”)
* (literary or in compounds or Hakka, Min) black; dark
    烏雲／乌云 ― wūyún ― dark cloud
    烏油油／乌油油 ― wūyóuyóu ― glossy black
    嘴唇發烏／嘴唇发乌 ― zuǐchún fā wū ― one's lips turn black
    From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
    Xiōngnú qí, qí xīfāng jìn báimǎ, dōngfāng jìn qīng máng mǎ, běifāng jìn wū lí mǎ, nánfāng jìn xīng mǎ. [Pinyin]
    The mounted troops of the Xiongnu on the west all had white horses; on the east, all blue-green horses; on the north, all black horses; on the south, all red horses.
    From: 天烏烏 (The sky is dark)
    Thiⁿ o͘-o͘, beh lo̍h-hō͘. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    The sky is dark; it seems like it will rain.
* (literary) to dye black
* (literary) An interrogative pronoun with a variety of meanings, including "how", "why", "where", etc.
    From: c. 850, 孫樵,《書褒城驛壁》
    Bāochéngyì hào tiānxiàdìyī. Jí dé yùmù, shì qí zhǎo, zé qiǎnhùn ér wū; shì qí zhōu, zé líbài ér jiāo. Tíng chú shèn wú, táng wǔ shèn cán, wū dǔ qí suǒwèi hónglì zhě? [Pinyin]
    The Baocheng Posting Station has been reputed to be the finest under heaven. Yet upon seeing it with my own eyes, I beheld its pond—shallow, turbid, and overgrown with reeds; its boats—broken apart, stranded, and unfit for use. The courtyard steps were untended, while the hall and the surrounding chambers were severely dilapidated. Where could one perceive the grandeur and splendor it is said to possess?
* a surname
* Short for:
** 烏克蘭／乌克兰 (Wūkèlán, “Ukraine”)
    俄烏戰爭／俄乌战争 ― É-Wū zhànzhēng ― Russia–Ukraine War
** 烏拉圭／乌拉圭 (Wūlāguī, “Uruguay”)
** 烏茲別克斯坦／乌兹别克斯坦 (Wūzībiékèsītǎn, “Uzbekistan”)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 黑, 烏, 青, 皂, 黔, 黢 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 黑 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 黑 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 黑 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 黑 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 黑 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 黑 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 黑 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 黑 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 黑 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 黑 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 黑 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 黑 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 黑 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 黑 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 黑 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 黑 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 黑 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 黑 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 黑 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 黑 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 黑 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 黑 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 黑, 青 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 黑 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 黑 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 黑, 青 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 黑 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 黑, 烏, 青 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 黑 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 黑 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 黑 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 黑 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 黑 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 黑 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 黑 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 黑 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 黑 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 黑 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 黑 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 黑 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 烏, 黑 skin |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 烏 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 黑 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 黑 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 黑 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 黑 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 黑, 烏 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 黑 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 黑 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 黑 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 黑 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 黑 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 黑 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 黑 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 黑 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 黑 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 黑 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 黑 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 黑 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 黑 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 黑 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 黑 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 黑 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 黑 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 黑 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 黑 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 黑 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 黑 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 黑 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 黑 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 黑, 烏, 青 † |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 黑 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 烏 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 烏 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 烏 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 烏 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 烏 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 烏 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 烏 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 黑 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 烏 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 烏 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 烏 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 烏 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 烏 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 黑 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 黑 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 烏 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 烏 |
| Hakka | Changting | 烏 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 烏 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 烏 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 烏 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 烏 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 烏 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 黑 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 黑 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 烏 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 烏 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 烏 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 烏 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 烏 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 烏 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 烏 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 烏 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 烏 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 烏 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 烏 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 烏 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 烏 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 烏 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 烏 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 烏 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 烏 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 烏 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 烏 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 烏 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 烏 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 烏 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 烏 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 烏 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 烏 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 烏 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 黑 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 黑 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 黑 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 黑 |
| Jin | Linhe | 黑 |
| Jin | Jining | 黑 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 黑 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 黑 |
| Jin | Handan | 黑 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 烏, 青 † |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 烏, 青 † |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 烏 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 烏 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 烏 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 烏 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 烏 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 烏 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 烏 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 烏 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 烏 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 烏 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 烏 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 烏 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 烏 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 烏 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 烏 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 烏 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 烏 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 烏 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 烏 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 烏 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 烏 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 烏 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 烏 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 烏 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 烏 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 烏 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 烏 |
| Southern Min | Medan (Hokkien) | 烏 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 黑 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 烏 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 烏 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 烏 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 烏 |
| Southern Min | Lufeng | 烏 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 烏 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 烏 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 烏 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 烏 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 烏 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 烏 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 烏 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 烏 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 烏 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 烏 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 烏 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 烏 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 烏 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 烏 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 烏 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 黑 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 烏 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 黑, 烏 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 黑 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 黑 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 黑 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 烏 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 烏 |
| Shehua | Hua'an | 烏 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 烏 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 黑 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 黑 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 黑 |
| Shehua | Longyou | 黑 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 黑 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 烏 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 黑 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 黑 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 黑 |
| Wu | Danyang | 黑 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 黑 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 黑 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 黑, 烏, 青 † |
| Wu | Jinhua | 黑 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 黑, 青 † |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 黑, 青 † |
| Note | † - usually describes the color of cloth or thread | † - usually describes the color of cloth or thread |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 烏, 鴉 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 烏鴉 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 老鴰, 老鴉兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 烏鴉 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 老鴰 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 老鴰 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 老鴰 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 老鴰 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 老鴰 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 老哇, 老哇子, 黑老哇, 烏鴉 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 老鴰 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 烏鴉 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 烏鴉 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 老鴰 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 老鴰 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 老鴰 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 老鴰 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 老鴰 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 老鴰, 黑老鴰 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 黑老哇子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 老哇 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 老鴰 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 老鴰 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 老哇 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 老鴰 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 老哇, 黑老哇 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 老哇, 鴰老闆 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 老鴰, 烏鴉 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 老哇, 黑老哇, 烏鴉 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 黑老哇 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 老哇 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 老哇 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 老哇, 狼老哇 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 老哇 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 老哇, 烏鴉 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 老哇 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 老哇 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 老哇 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 烏鴉 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Pingle | 烏鴉 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 烏鴉, 烏鴉鳥 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Luzhai | 烏鴉 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 老哇 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 老哇 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 老哇, 黑老哇 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 老鴉 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 老鴉 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 老鴰子, 老鴰 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 老鴉 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 烏鴉, 老鴉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 老鴉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 老鴉 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 老鴉 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 呱乸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 鴉雀 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 老鴉 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 烏鴉, 老鴉 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 老鴉 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 烏鴉, 老鴉 |
| Cantonese | Dongxing | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 老鴉 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 烏鴉 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 烏鴉, 老鴉 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 老鴉 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 老鴉 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 老鴉, 鴉雀 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 老鴉 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 烏鴉 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 烏鴉 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 烏鴉 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng) | 老鴉 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 烏鴉 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 烏鴉 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 烏鴉 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 烏鴉 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 烏鴉 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 老鴉 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 老鴉 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 烏鴉 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 老鴉 |
| Hakka | Changting | 烏鴉鵲 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 老鴉 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 老鴉子 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 老鴉 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 老鴉 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 老鴉 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 老鴉仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 烏鴉仔, 老鴉仔, 烏鴉 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 烏鴉 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 老鴉, 烏鴉 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 烏鴉 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 烏鴉 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 老鴉, 烏鴉 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 烏鴉 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 老鴉, 烏鴉 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 烏鴉 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 老鴉 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 烏鴉 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 老鴉 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 老鴉 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 老鴉 |
| Huizhou | Xiuning | 老鴉 |
| Huizhou | Yixian | 老鴉 |
| Huizhou | Qimen | 老鴉 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 老鴉 |
| Huizhou | Dexing | 老鴉 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 黑老哇 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 黑老哇 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 黑澇鴉兒 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 黑老哇 |
| Jin | Linhe | 黑老哇 |
| Jin | Jining | 黑老哇 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 黑老哇 |
| Jin | Baotou | 烏鴉 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 黑老哇 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 黑老哇 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 老哇 |
| Jin | Handan | 老鴰 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 老鴉 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 老鴉 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 老鴉 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 老鴉 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 老烏 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 老鴉 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 老鴉 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 老鴉 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 老鴉 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 老鴉 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 老鴉 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 老鴰 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 老鴉 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 老鴉 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 老鴉 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 老鴉 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 老鴉 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 老鴉 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 烏鴉 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 烏鴉 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 烏鴉 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 烏鴉 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 烏鴉 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 烏鴉 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 烏鴉, 烏鴉仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 烏鴉仔 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 烏鴉 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 烏鴉 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 烏鴉 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 烏鴉, 歹鳥 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 烏鴉 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 老鴉 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 老鴉 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 老鴉 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 烏鴉 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 烏鴉 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 烏鴉 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 烏鴉 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 沙烏 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 衫烏 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 衫烏 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 鶚卵, 烏鴉 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 鶚卵 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 烏鴉 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 烏鴉, 老鴉 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 烏鴉 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 老鴉 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 老鴉 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 老鴉 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 老鴉 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 老鴉 |
| Shehua | Hua'an | 老鴉 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 老鴉 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 老鴉 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 老鴉 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 老鴉 |
| Shehua | Longyou | 老鴉 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 烏鴉 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 老鴉 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 烏鴉, 老鴉 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 老鴉 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 老鴉, 烏鴉 |
| Wu | Danyang | 烏老鴉, 烏鴉, 老鴉 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 烏老鴉, 烏老鴉兒, 烏鴉 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 老鴉, 烏鴉 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 老鴉, 烏老鴉 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 烏老鴉, 烏鴉 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 烏老鴉 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 老哇子, 老哇 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 老哇子, 老哇 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 老哇子 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 烏鴉 |

#### See also

* 惡／恶 (è)

#### Descendants

* → English: O (Singapore, via Hokkien or Teochew)

### Compounds

* 三足烏 / 三足乌 (sānzúwū)
* 九烏 / 九乌 (jiǔwū)
* 付之烏有 / 付之乌有
* 伊哩烏蘆 / 伊哩乌芦
* 何首烏 / 何首乌 (héshǒuwū)
* 兔缺烏沉 / 兔缺乌沉
* 兔走烏飛 / 兔走乌飞 (tùzǒuwūfēi)
* 化為烏有 / 化为乌有 (huàwéiwūyǒu)
* 子虛烏有 / 子虚乌有 (zǐxū-wūyǒu)
* 屋上瞻烏 / 屋上瞻乌
* 屋烏 / 屋乌
* 屋烏推愛 / 屋乌推爱
* 巴烏 / 巴乌 (bāwū)
* 愛屋及烏 / 爱屋及乌 (àiwūjíwū)
* 慈烏 / 慈乌 (cíwū)
* 慈烏反哺 / 慈乌反哺
* 慈烏返哺 / 慈乌返哺
* 擺烏龍 / 摆乌龙 (bǎiwūlóng)
* 日烏 / 日乌 (rìwū)
* 月落烏啼 / 月落乌啼
* 東兔西烏 / 东兔西乌
* 柏吉烏斯 / 柏吉乌斯
* 柏臺烏府 / 柏台乌府
* 格別烏 / 格别乌
* 海烏 / 海乌
* 渴烏 / 渴乌
* 烏七八糟 / 乌七八糟 (wūqībāzāo)
* 烏之雌雄 / 乌之雌雄
* 烏亮 / 乌亮 (wūliàng)
* 烏什 / 乌什 (Wūshí)
* 烏來 / 乌来 (Wūlái)
* 烏克蘭 / 乌克兰 (Wūkèlán)
* 烏兔 / 乌兔
* 烏卒卒 / 乌卒卒
* 烏厘單刀 / 乌厘单刀
* 烏厘馬查 / 乌厘马查
* 烏合 / 乌合 (wūhé)
* 烏合之卒 / 乌合之卒
* 烏呼 / 乌呼 (wūhū)
* 烏哺 / 乌哺
* 烏啄啄 / 乌啄啄
* 烏圖美仁 / 乌图美仁 (Wūtúměirén)
* 烏坎 / 乌坎 (Wūkǎn)
* 烏坵 / 乌丘 (Wūqiū, “Wuqiu”)
* 烏塗 / 乌涂
* 烏塗水 / 乌涂水
* 烏壓壓 / 乌压压
* 烏夏巴什 / 乌夏巴什 (Wūxiàbāshí)
* 烏天黑地 / 乌天黑地
* 烏孜別里 / 乌孜别里 (Wūzībiélǐ)
* 烏孫 / 乌孙 (wūsūn)
* 烏尊 / 乌尊 (Wūzūn)
* 烏帽 / 乌帽
* 烏干達 / 乌干达 (Wūgāndá)
* 烏府 / 乌府
* 烏心石 / 乌心石
* 烏恰 / 乌恰 (Wūqià)
* 烏托邦 / 乌托邦 (wūtuōbāng)
* 烏拉 / 乌拉
* 烏拉圭 / 乌拉圭 (Wūlāguī)
* 烏拉山 / 乌拉山
* 烏拉草 / 乌拉草
* 烏日 / 乌日 (Wūrì)
* 烏有 / 乌有 (wūyǒu)
* 烏有先生 / 乌有先生
* 烏木 / 乌木 (wūmù)
* 烏林 / 乌林 (Wūlín)
* 烏桓 / 乌桓 (Wūhuán)
* 烏梅 / 乌梅 (wūméi)
* 烏梁海 (Wūliánghǎi)
* 烏梅酒 / 乌梅酒
* 烏毛蕨 / 乌毛蕨
* 烏氏倮 / 乌氏倮
* 烏江 / 乌江 (Wūjiāng)
* 烏油油 / 乌油油 (wūyóuyóu)
* 烏溜溜 / 乌溜溜
* 烏烏 / 乌乌
* 烏焉成馬 / 乌焉成马
* 烏煙瘴氣 / 乌烟瘴气 (wūyānzhàngqì)
* 烏爾其 / 乌尔其 (Wū'ěrqí)
* 烏獲 / 乌获
* 烏白馬角 / 乌白马角
* 烏盆計 / 乌盆计
* 烏眼雞 / 乌眼鸡
* 烏矸仔貯豆油 / 乌矸仔贮豆油 (o͘ kan-á té tāu-iû)
* 烏竹 / 乌竹
* 烏紗 / 乌纱 (wūshā)
* 烏紗帽 / 乌纱帽 (wūshāmào)
* 烏絲欄 / 乌丝栏
* 烏腳病 / 乌脚病
* 烏臼 / 乌臼
* 烏舅金奴 / 乌舅金奴
* 烏芋 / 乌芋 (wūyù)
* 烏薪 / 乌薪
* 烏藥 / 乌药 (wūyào)
* 烏蘇 / 乌苏 (Wūsū)
* 烏蘇里江 / 乌苏里江 (Wūsūlǐ Jiāng)
* 烏蘭木倫 / 乌兰木伦 (Wūlánmùlún)
* 烏號 / 乌号
* 烏衣 / 乌衣
* 烏衣子弟 / 乌衣子弟
* 烏衣巷 / 乌衣巷
* 烏衣郎 / 乌衣郎
* 烏豆 / 乌豆
* 烏賊 / 乌贼 (wūzéi)
* 烏賊車 / 乌贼车
* 烏金 / 乌金 (wūjīn)
* 烏雲 / 乌云 (wūyún)
* 烏雲密布 / 乌云密布 (wūyúnmìbù)
* 烏雲著頂 / 乌云著顶
* 烏雲蔽日 / 乌云蔽日
* 烏鞘嶺 / 乌鞘岭
* 烏頭 / 乌头 (wūtóu)
* 烏頰魚 / 乌颊鱼
* 烏飛兔走 / 乌飞兔走
* 烏骨雞 / 乌骨鸡 (wūgǔjī)
* 烏髮 / 乌发
* 烏鬢 / 乌鬓
* 烏鬼 / 乌鬼 (wūguǐ)
* 烏魚 / 乌鱼 (wūyú)
* 烏魚子 / 乌鱼子 (wūyúzǐ)
* 烏魚蛋 / 乌鱼蛋
* 烏魯克恰提 / 乌鲁克恰提 (Wūlǔkèqiàtí)
* 烏魯克薩依 / 乌鲁克萨依 (Wūlǔkèsàyī)
* 烏魯卻勒 / 乌鲁却勒 (Wūlǔquèlè)
* 烏魯木齊 / 乌鲁木齐 (Wūlǔmùqí)
* 烏鳥之情 / 乌鸟之情
* 烏鳥私情 / 乌鸟私情
* 烏鴉 / 乌鸦 (wūyā)
* 烏鴉嘴 / 乌鸦嘴 (wūyāzuǐ)
* 烏鴉閃蛋 / 乌鸦闪蛋
* 烏鵑 / 乌鹃 (wùjuān)
* 烏鵲成橋 / 乌鹊成桥
* 烏鵲橋 / 乌鹊桥
* 烏鵲通巢 / 乌鹊通巢
* 烏麥 / 乌麦
* 烏黑 / 乌黑 (wūhēi)
* 烏黢黢 / 乌黢黢
* 烏龍 / 乌龙 (wūlóng)
* 烏龍茶 / 乌龙茶 (wūlóngchá)
* 烏龍院 / 乌龙院
* 烏龍麵 / 乌龙面 (wūlóngmiàn)
* 烏龜 / 乌龟 (wūguī)
* 烏龜亡八 / 乌龟亡八
* 爛板烏龜 / 烂板乌龟
* 白兔赤烏 / 白兔赤乌 (báitùchìwū)
* 瞻烏 / 瞻乌
* 童烏 / 童乌
* 縮頭烏龜 / 缩头乌龟 (suōtóu wūguī)
* 義烏 / 义乌 (Yìwū)
* 草烏 / 草乌
* 金烏 / 金乌 (jīnwū)
* 金烏玉兔 / 金乌玉兔 (jīnwūyùtù)
* 銅烏 / 铜乌
* 陽烏 / 阳乌 (yángwū)
* 馬角烏白 / 马角乌白
* 鴉烏 / 鸦乌
* 黑眉烏嘴 / 黑眉乌嘴

### References

* “烏”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02407

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: う (u)
* Kan-on: お (o)
* Kan’yō-on: え (e)
* Kun: からす (karasu, 烏)、いずくんぞ (izukunzo, 烏んぞ)、なんぞ (nanzo, 烏ぞ)

#### Compounds

* 烏賊(いか) (ika): squid, cuttlefish
* 烏帽子(えぼし) (eboshi)
* 烏秋(オウチュウ) (ōchū)
* 烏頭(くわゆき) (kuwayuki)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 烏
* からす Jinmeiyō
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 鴉
From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *karasu.
Compound of から (kara, “caw”, onomatopoeia, imitative of a crow's caw) +‎ す (su, “bird”, ancient suffix appearing in certain bird names). Compare the す (su) in 鶯 (uguisu), 杜鵑 (hototogisu), モズ (mozu).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) からす [káꜜràsù] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [ka̠ɾa̠sɨ]

#### Noun

烏(からす) or 烏(カラス) • (karasu)
* a crow or raven
    Synonym: 慈鳥 (jichō)

##### Derived terms

* 烏揚羽(カラスアゲハ) (karasu ageha)
* 烏瓜(カラスウリ) (karasu uri)
* 烏(からす)が鵜(う)の真似(まね) (karasu ga u no mane)
* 烏頭(からすがしら) (karasugashira)
* 烏(からす)座(ざ) (Karasuza): the Corvus constellation
* 烏山椒(カラスサンショウ) (karasu sanshō)
* 烏樒(カラスシキミ) (karasu shikimi)
* 烏(からす)の行(ぎょう)水(ずい) (karasu no gyōzui): a quick bath
* 烏茸(カラスタケ) (karasu take)
* 烏鳩(カラスバト) (karasu-bato)
* 烏柄杓(カラスビシャク) (karasu-bishaku)
* 烏蛇(からすへび) (karasuhebi)
* 烏麦(カラスムギ) (karasumugi)
* 海烏(ウミガラス) (umigarasu)
* 川烏(カワカラス) (kawakarasu)
* 黄嘴烏(キバシガラス) (kibashigarasu)
* 子烏(こがらす) (kogarasu)
* 三羽烏(さんばからす) (sanbakarasu)
* 濡(ぬれ)烏(がらす) (nuregarasu): jet-black
* 羽衣烏(ハゴロモガラス) (hagoromo-garasu)
* 笛烏(フエガラス) (fue-garasu)
* 紅嘴烏(ベニバシガラス) (benibashi-garasu)
* 深山烏(ミヤマガラス) (miyama-garasu)
* 胸白烏(ムネジロガラス) (munejiro-garasu)
* 八(や)咫(た)烏(がらす) (yatagarasu): three legged crow in Japanese mythology
* 夜烏(よがらす) (yogarasu)
* 渡烏(ワタリガラス) (watari-garasu): common raven

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 烏
* う Jinmeiyō
* goon
From Middle Chinese 烏 (MC 'u).
The goon pronunciation, so likely the initial borrowing.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɯ̟]

#### Affix

烏(う) • (u)
* crow; raven
* black; dark
* (figuratively) sun
* A Chinese interrogative for rhetorical questions.
    烏(う)有(ゆう) ― uyū ― (literally “not-have”) nonexistence; nothing

##### Derived terms

* 烏(う)喙(かい)骨(こつ) (ukaikotsu): coracoid (bone)
* 烏(う)合(ごう) (ugō)
* 烏(う)口(こう)骨(こつ) (ukōkotsu): coracoid (bone)
* 烏(う)骨(こっ)鶏(けい) (ukokkei): silky, silkie (breed of chicken)
* 烏頭(うず) (uzu)
* 烏(う)啄(たく)骨(こつ) (utakukotsu): coracoid (bone)
* 烏(う)木(ぼく) (uboku)
* 烏薬(うやく) (uyaku)
* 烏(う)有(ゆう) (uyū): nonexistence, nothing
* 屋(おく)烏(う) (okū): crow perching on a roof
* 金(きん)烏(う) (kin'u)

### References

* ↑ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Kikai
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 烏
* がらさー Jinmeiyō
* Kanji in this term
* 烏
* がるさー Jinmeiyō
* Alternative spelling
* 鴉
Cognate with Japanese 烏 (karasu).

### Noun

烏(がらさー) or 烏(がるさー) (garasā or garusā)
* crow, raven

## Korean
### Hanja

烏 (eumhun 까마귀 오 (kkamagwi o))
* hanja form of 오 (“crow”)

## Northern Amami Ōshima
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 烏
* がらすぃ Jinmeiyō
* Alternative spelling
* 鴉
Cognate with Japanese 烏 (karasu).

### Noun

烏(がらすぃ) (garasï)
* crow, raven

## Okinawan
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 烏
* がらし Jinmeiyō
* Alternative spelling
* 鴉
Cognate with Japanese 烏 (karasu).

### Noun

烏(がらし) (garashi)
* crow, raven

## Okinoerabu
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 烏
* がらし Jinmeiyō
* Alternative spelling
* 鴉
Cognate with Japanese 烏 (karasu).

### Noun

烏(がらし) (garashi)
* crow, raven

## Vietnamese
### Han character

烏: Hán Nôm readings: o, ô

### Adjective

烏
* chữ Hán form of ô (“(of a horse) black”).

## Yonaguni
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 烏
* がらち Jinmeiyō
* Alternative spelling
* 鴉
Cognate with Japanese 烏 (karasu).

### Noun

烏(がらち) (garachi)
* crow, raven