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忤

wǔ

Character

What 忤 means

1. disobedient
2. unfilial

Words starting with 忤

• 忤逆wǔ nìdisobedient to parents

Words containing 忤

• 乖忤guāi wǔstubborn; contrary; disobedient
• 违忤wéi wǔto disobey

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
• 仵wǔequal; well-matched; to violate
• 迕wǔobstinate, perverse

Characters that look like 忤

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

• 件jiànitem; component; classifier for events, things, clothes etc
• 许xǔto allow; to permit; to promise
• 终zhōngend; finish
• 忏chàn(bound form) to feel remorse; (bound form) scripture read to atone for sb's sins…
• 怦pēng(onomatopoeia) the thumping of one's heart
• 杵chǔpestle; to poke

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