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仵

wǔ

Character

What 仵 means

1. equal
2. well-matched
3. to violate

Other readings

仵 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Wǔsurname Wu

Words starting with 仵

• 仵作wǔ zuòcoroner (old)
• 仵工wǔ gōng(Hong Kong) funeral worker; mortuary worker

Characters built on 午

These share the phonetic component 午 (wǔ), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 许xǔto allow; to permit; to promise
• 杵chǔpestle; to poke
• 忤wǔdisobedient; unfilial
• 迕wǔobstinate, perverse

Sounds the same

Read wǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 五five; 5
• 午7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of…
• 舞to dance; to wield; to brandish
• 武martial; military
• 伍squad of five soldiers; to associate with; five (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
• 侮to insult; to ridicule; to disgrace
• 捂to enclose; to cover with the hand (one's eyes, nose or ears); to cover up (an affair)
• 鹉used in 鹦鹉
• 妩used in 妩媚
• 忤disobedient; unfilial
• 碔inferior gem; a kind of jade
• 牾to oppose; to gore