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兀

wù

Character

What 兀 means

1. literaryrising to a height; towering
2. literarybald; bare
3. literarystill; yet

Other readings

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

• Wùsurname Wu

Words starting with 兀

• 兀自wù zì(literary) still; yet
• 兀凳wù dèngChinese-style low stool
• 兀立wù lìto stand upright
• 兀鹫wù jiùvulture; (bird species of China) Eurasian griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus)
• 兀鹰wù yīnggriffon vulture
• 兀臬wù nièvariant of 杌陧
• 兀臲wù nièvariant of 杌陧

Words containing 兀

• 突兀tū wùlofty; towering; sudden; abrupt
• 白兀鹫bái wù jiù(bird species of China) Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus)
• 胡兀鹫hú wù jiù(bird species of China) bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus)
• 蒙兀国Měng wù guóKhamag Mongol, a 12th century Mongolic tribal confederation
• 黑兀鹫hēi wù jiù(bird species of China) red-headed vulture (Sarcogyps calvus)
• 白背兀鹫bái bèi wù jiù(bird species of China) white-rumped vulture (Gyps bengalensis)
• 高山兀鹫gāo shān wù jiù(bird species of China) Himalayan vulture (Gyps himalayensis)

Characters that look like 兀

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 尤yóuoutstanding; particularly, especially; a fault
• 冗rǒngextraneous; redundant; superfluous

Sounds the same

Read wù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 务affair; business; matter
• 物(bound form) thing; (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself…
• 误mistake; error; to miss
• 雾fog; mist
• 晤to meet (socially)
• 悟to comprehend; to apprehend; to become aware
• 勿do not
• 戊fifth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干; fifth in order…
• 坞(bound form) low area within a surrounding barrier; (literary) small castle; fort
• 恶to hate; to loathe; ashamed
• 乌used in 乌拉; used in 乌拉草
• 骛(bound form) to rush about; to strive for