| 呜 | |||
| sound of crying, sobbing | |||
| Radical | 口 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 4 | Total Strokes | 7 |
| Mandarin reading | wū | Cantonese reading | wu1 |
| Japanese on reading | Japanese kun reading | ||
| Korean reading | Vietnamese reading | ||
| Traditional Variant(s) | 嗚 | sound of crying, sobbing | |
| 呜 | |||
| sound of crying, sobbing | |||
| Radical | 口 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 4 | Total Strokes | 7 |
| Mandarin reading | wū | Cantonese reading | wu1 |
| Japanese on reading | Japanese kun reading | ||
| Korean reading | Vietnamese reading | ||
| Traditional Variant(s) | 嗚 | sound of crying, sobbing | |
| 呜 | [ wū ] (onom.) for humming or whimpering |
| 呜呼 | [ wū hū ] alas, alack, welladay, wellaway, to die |
| 呜呼哀哉 | [ wū hū aī zaī ] alas, all is lost |
| 呜咽 | [ wū yè ] to sob, to whimper |
| 呜呜 | [ wū wū ] (interj) boo hoo |
| 呜呜祖拉 | [ wū wū zǔ lā ] vuvuzela (horn) (loanword) |
| ⇒ 一命呜呼 | [ yī mìng wū hū ] to die (idiom), to breathe one's last, to give up the ghost |
| ⇒ 呜呜 | [ wū wū ] (interj) boo hoo |
| ⇒ 呜呜祖拉 | [ wū wū zǔ lā ] vuvuzela (horn) (loanword) |