乌
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crow; black
4 strokes
Dict coverage rank #420 U+4E4C
How 乌 is formed
Pictograph (象形字)
Simplified form of 烏; a crow; compare 鸟
components: 丿
? unknown part
How to remember it
crow · Heisig RSH #2873
鸟 bird + a drop of
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 乌 as their sound component
These characters all use 乌 (wū) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 乌 sound component | wū | crow, rook, raven; black, dark |
| 坞 | wù | bank, entrenchment, low wall; dock |
| 呜 | wū | the sound of someone crying or sobbing |
| 钨 | wū | tungsten, wolfram |
| 邬 | wū | various place names; surname |
Words containing 乌
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 乌拉尔山 | Wū lā ěr shān | the Ural mountains in Russia, dividing Europe from Asia |
| 乌海市 | Wū hǎi Shì | Wuhai, prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region 內蒙古自治區|内蒙古自治区[Nei4 meng3 … |
| 乌拉尔 | Wū lā ěr | the Ural mountains in Russia, dividing Europe from Asia |
| 乌克兰人 | Wū kè lán rén | Ukrainian (person) |
| 乌拉特 | Wū lā tè | Urat plain in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾|巴彦淖尔[Ba1 yan4 nao4 er3], Inner Mongolia; also Urat Front, Cen… |
| 化为乌有 | huà wéi wū yǒu | (idiom) to go up in smoke; to vanish |
| 义乌市 | Yì wū Shì | Yiwu, a county-level city in Jinhua City 金華市|金华市[Jin1 hua2 Shi4], Zhejiang |
| 乌西亚 | Wū xī yà | Uzziah (son of Joram) |
| 乌来区 | Wū lái Qū | Wulai, a district of New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 Shi4], Taiwan |
| 乌拉特草原 | Wū lā tè cǎo yuán | Urat plain in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾|巴彦淖尔[Ba1 yan4 nao4 er3], Inner Mongolia |
| 乌鱼子 | wū yú zǐ | mullet roe (salted and dried); bottarga |
| 乌加利 | wū jiā lì | ugali (aka nshima) |
| 乌龙面 | wū lóng miàn | udon, a thick Japanese-style wheat-flour noodle |
| 乌东德 | Wū dōng dé | Wudongde, the name of a hydroelectric dam on the Jinsha River 金沙江[Jin1 sha1 Jiang1] at a p… |
| 乌尔格 | Wū ěr gé | ancient name of Ulan Bator |
| 沙乌地阿拉伯 | Shā wū dì Ā lā bó | Saudi Arabia (Tw) |
| 乌兰县 | Wū lán Xiàn | Ulan, a county in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州[Hai3 xi1 Meng3… |
| 乌达区 | Wū dá Qū | Wuda, a district of Wuhai City 烏海市|乌海市[Wu1 hai3 Shi4], Inner Mongolia |
| 三足金乌 | sān zú jīn wū | three-legged Golden Crow that lives in the sun (in northeast Asian and Chinese mythology);… |
| 乌苏里斯克 | Wū sū lǐ sī kè | Ussuriisk city in Russian Pacific Primorsky region; previous names include 雙城子|双城子[Shuang1… |