乌(wū)

HSK 64 strokesTrad. 烏
Readingswūwù

abbr. for country names that begin with 乌: Ukraine 乌克兰, Uzbekistan…

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Character information

Pinyin
wū / wù
Meaning
abbr. for country names that begin with 乌: Ukraine 乌克兰, Uzbekistan 乌兹别克斯坦 etc; surname Wu
Strokes
4
HSK level
HSK 6
Traditional
烏

Origin & structure

Where 乌 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Pictograph⿱丿？

Simplified form of 烏; a crow; compare 鸟

A drawing of the thing it names.

Made of

丿piě

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

Traditional form 烏: A crow; compare 鸟

How to write 乌 step by step

4 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 乌

Common words using 乌 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

é俄wū乌

Russo-Ukrainian

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xún寻wū乌

see 寻乌县

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bā巴wū乌

bawu, a free reed wind instrument shaped like a flute and played transversa…

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hé何shǒu首wū乌

Chinese knotweed (Polygonum multiflorum)

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huà化wéi为wū乌yǒu有

(idiom) to go up in smoke; to vanish

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fǎn反wū乌tuō托bāng邦

dystopia

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zǐ子xū虚wū乌yǒu有

(idiom) to have no basis in fact; to be the product of sb's imagination

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ài爱wū屋jí及wū乌

lit. love the house and its crow (idiom); involvement with sb and everyone connected

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俄寻巴何首化为有

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