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戊

wù

Character

What 戊 means

1. fifth of the ten Heavenly Stems {十天干|shí tiān gān}
2. fifth in order
3. letter "E" or Roman "V" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
4. penta

Words starting with 戊

• 戊午wù wǔfifty-fifth year E7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1978 or 2038
• 戊子wù zǐtwenty-fifth year E1 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2008 or 2068
• 戊寅wù yínfifteenth year E3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1998 or 2058
• 戊申wù shēnforty-fifth year E9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1968 or 2028
• 戊糖wù tángpentose (CH2O)5, monosaccharide with five carbon atoms, such as ribose 核糖
• 戊辰wù chénfifth year E5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1988 or 2048
• 戊醇wù chúnamyl alcohol
• 戊型肝炎wù xíng gān yánhepatitis E
• 戊巴比妥钠wù bā bǐ tuǒ nàpentasorbital sodium (a sedative)
• 戊唑醇wù zuò chúntebuconazole (antifungal agent)
• 戊戌wù xūthirty-fifth year E11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1958 or 2018
• 戊戌政变Wù xū Zhèng biàncoup by Dowager Empress Cixi 慈禧太后
• 戊戌维新Wù xū Wéi xīnHundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty
• 戊戌变法Wù xū Biàn fǎHundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty
• 戊五醇wù wǔ chúnxylitol; also written 木糖醇
• 戊戌六君子Wù xū Liù jūn zǐthe Six Gentlemen Martyrs of the failed reform movement of 1898, executed in its…

Words containing 戊

• 环戊烯huán wù xīcyclopentene C5H8 (ring of five carbon atoms)
• 异戊橡胶yì wù xiàng jiāoisoprene rubber
• 异戊巴比妥yì wù bā bǐ tuǒamobarbital (drug) (loanword)
• 亚硝酸异戊酯yà xiāo suān yì wù zhǐamyl nitrite
• 异戊二烯yì wù èr xīisoprene

Characters that look like 戊

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

• 成chéngto succeed; to finish; to complete
• 戏xìtrick; drama; play
• 戍shùgarrison
• 戌quused in 屈戌儿

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
• 坞(bound form) low area within a surrounding barrier; (literary) small castle; fort
• 兀(literary) rising to a height; towering; (literary) bald; bare; (literary) still; yet
• 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