烏 (wu1 | wu1 wu4) : crow; dark

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烏

wu1

wu1 wu4

[1] [n] crow; raven; rook
[2] [adj] black; dark (colour)
[3] [pron] what; how; when

Pinyin wu1 is standard reading; wu4 is used only in obscure compound 烏拉, a type of grass.

Default PoS:

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 10

Level: 2

Radical: 火 (#86)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

烏 / 乌

Don't confuse with:
鳥

This word has been viewed 10188 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 9th Nov 2014 03:46

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烏鴉 wu1 aa1 wu1 ya1 = crow; raven

烏雲 wu1 wan4 wu1 yun2 = black clouds

烏龍茶 wu1 lung4*2 caa4 wu1 long2 cha2 = Oolong tea, black dragon tea

烏蠅 wu1 jing4*1 wu1 ying2 = the fly 粵

拍烏蠅 paak3 wu1 jing4*1 = slack business 粵

烏魚 wu1 jyu4*2 wu1 yu2 = mullet

烏頭 wu1 tau4*2 wu1 tou2 = grey mullet (fish)

烏龜殼 wu1 gwai1 hok3 wu1 gui1 ke2 = tortoise-shell

烏煙 wu1 jin1 = black damp; blackdamp; chokedamp

烏頭魚 wu1 tau4 jyu4*2 = mullet; striped-mullet
See all 60 compounds (CantoDict reports 63 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 2 examples containing 烏

烏龍茶係茶嘅一種。粵
烏龍茶 is a type of tea.

扐開隻烏蠅。粵
Flick away the fly.

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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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Decimal representation of this word: 烏
Unicode code for this character: U+70cf (off-site link)

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