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[1] [n] crow; rook; raven [2] black; dark color [3] how; what; when [4] Alas! [5] [n] sun [6] a Chinese family name Stroke count: 10
Level: 2
Radical: 火 (#86)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Don't confuse with: 鳥 |
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| This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 and last edited on 15th Dec 2008 | |
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烏龍茶
wu1 lung4*2 caa4 = black dragon tea (trade name)
烏鴉
wu1 aa1 = the crow
烏雲
wu1 wan4 = black clouds
烏蠅
wu1 jing4*1 = the fly 粵
拍烏蠅
paak3 wu1 jing4*1 = slack business 粵
烏干達
wu1 gon1 daat6 = Uganda
烏魚
wu1 jyu4*2 = mullet
烏頭
wu1 tau4 = aconite, mousebane, monkshood, wolfsbane
烏龜殼
wu1 gwai1 hok3 = tortoise-shell
烏煙
wu1 jin1 = black damp; blackdamp; chokedampSee all 49 compounds |
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Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Forum Code to link to this word:
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/1180/]烏[/url][/big]
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<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/1180/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">烏</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 烏
Unicode code for this character: U+70cf (off-site link)
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/1180/]烏[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/1180/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">烏</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 烏
Unicode code for this character: U+70cf (off-site link)
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- : the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin.
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- the number of strokes needed to write the character correctly
- our arbitrarily assigned difficulty level
- a smaller version of the character in a computerised, printed font, along with the PRC simplified version if applicable
- a list of characters which look similar and are therefore possible sources of confusion (where relevant)
- a list of compound words that use this character, ordered by difficulty level.
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