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妩

wǔ

Character Traditional 嫵

What 妩 means

1. used in {妩媚|wǔ mèi}

Words starting with 妩

• 妩媚wǔ mèilovely; charming

Characters built on 无

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

• 抚fǔto comfort; to console; to stroke
• 芜wúovergrown with weeds
• 呒fǔperplexed; astonished
• 庑wǔsmall rooms facing or to the side of the main hall or veranda
• 怃wǔ(literary) to have tender affection for; (literary) discouraged; disappointed…

Characters that look like 妩

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

• 板bǎnboard; plank; plate
• 犹yóuas if; (just) like; just as
• 扰rǎoto disturb
• 妮nīgirl; phonetic "ni" (in female names); Taiwan pr. ní
• 妖yāogoblin; witch; devil
• 拢lǒngto gather together; to collect; to approach; to draw near to; to add; to sum up

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
• 忤disobedient; unfilial
• 碔inferior gem; a kind of jade
• 仵equal; well-matched; to violate
• 牾to oppose; to gore

Go deeper

• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read wǔ correctly.
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