物
(bound form) thing; (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself
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Dict coverage rank #61 U+7269
How 物 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
牛 (semantic, “ox”) + 勿 (phonetic, wù)
How to remember it
thing · Heisig RSH #879
牛 cow + knot
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 勿
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 勿 (wù) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 勿 sound component | wù | must not, do not; without, never |
| 忽 | hū | suddenly, abruptly; to neglect |
| 吻 | wěn | to kiss; lips; coinciding |
| 囫 | hú | entire, whole |
| 刎 | wěn | to behead, to cut the throat |
| 芴 | wù | an edible wild plant |
| 笏 | hù | a tablet held by an overseer |
Words containing 物
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 分子生物学 | fēn zǐ shēng wù xué | molecular biology |
| 小人物 | xiǎo rén wù | nonentity; a nobody |
| 生物学 | shēng wù xué | biology |
| 生物学家 | shēng wù xué jiā | biologist |
| 生物化学家 | shēng wù huà xué jiā | biochemist |
| 生物化学 | shēng wù huà xué | biochemistry |
| 头面人物 | tóu miàn rén wù | leading figure; bigwig |
| 人物 | rén wù | person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc); (genr… |
| 生物性 | shēng wù xìng | biological |
| 生物高分子 | shēng wù gāo fēn zǐ | biopolymers |
| 动物学 | dòng wù xué | zoological; zoology |
| 化学物 | huà xué wù | chemicals |
| 无机物 | wú jī wù | inorganic compound |
| 生物力学 | shēng wù lì xué | biomechanics |
| 生物 | shēng wù | organism; living creature; life form; (attributive) biological; bio- |
| 无物 | wú wù | nothing; empty |
| 动物性 | dòng wù xìng | animacy |
| 生物体 | shēng wù tǐ | organism |
| 生物气体 | shēng wù qì tǐ | bio-gas |
| 天体物理学家 | tiān tǐ wù lǐ xué jiā | astrophysicist |