呜
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(onom.) for humming or whimpering
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 口 +4
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 嗚
- Common rank
- #3,671
- Unicode
- U+545C
Formation & memory
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Words with 呜
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一命呜呼 | to die (idiom); to breathe one's last; to give up the ghost | |
| 呜呜祖拉 | vuvuzela (horn) (loanword) | |
| 呜呼 | alas; alack; welladay; wellaway; to die | |
| 呜呼哀哉 | alas; all is lost | |
| 呜咽 | to sob; to whimper | |
| 呜呜 | (interj) boo hoo |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 乌 — compare how they read.