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漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

呉: give, do something for

Also: kingdom of Wu

JLPT N17 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

口 and 八 carry the meaning

7 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ゴgo · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 呉服ごふくcloth (for Japanese clothes); kimono fabrics
  • 呉越同舟ごえつどうしゅうbitter enemies in the same boat
  • 呉ごgo

Also read くれる, くれ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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“Open your mouth wide and what do you see? A simple, sturdy square!”
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Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
口

Also built on mouth (口)

All 108
八

Also built on eight (八)

All 23

呉 gives its sound to

The family reading is ゴ (go). Sound parts: KanjiVG.

Also read ゴ

20 kanji share this on'yomiAll 20
In ChineseSimplified 吴 · traditional 吳 · wú

Three different forms: Japanese 呉, simplified 吴, traditional 吳.

Simplified
吴 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
吳 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin wú most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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