坞
(bound form) low area within a surrounding barrier; (literary) small castle; fort
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,075 U+575E
How 坞 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
土 (semantic, “earth”) + 乌 (phonetic, wū)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 乌
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 乌 (wū) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 乌 sound component | wū | crow, rook, raven; black, dark |
| 呜 | wū | the sound of someone crying or sobbing |
| 钨 | wū | tungsten, wolfram |
| 邬 | wū | various place names; surname |
Words containing 坞
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 好莱坞 | Hǎo lái wù | Hollywood; also pr. [Hao3lai2wu1] |
| 宝莱坞 | Bǎo lái wù | Bollywood (film industry based in Mumbai, India) |
| 山坞 | shān wù | nook; cove (in the hills) |
| 花坞 | huā wù | sunken flower-bed |
| 船坞 | chuán wù | dock; shipyard |
| 扩展坞 | kuò zhǎn wù | docking station |
| 坞站 | wù zhàn | docking station |
| 拓展坞 | tuò zhǎn wù | (computing) hub; dock |
| 坞壁 | wù bì | small fortress; fortified compound |
| 坞堡 | wù bǎo | small fortress; fortified compound |