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蜈

wú

Character

What 蜈 means

1. used in {蜈蚣|wú gōng}

Words starting with 蜈

• 蜈蚣wú gōngcentipede
• 蜈支洲岛Wú zhī zhōu DǎoWuzhizhou Island, Hainan

Characters built on 吴

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

• 误wùmistake; error; to miss
• 娱yúto amuse
• 虞yú(literary) to expect; to anticipate; (literary) to be concerned about…
• 俣yǔbig

Characters that look like 蜈

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

• 概gài(bound form) general; approximate; without exception; categorically…
• 棋qíchess; chess-like game; a game of chess
• 槟bīnused in 槟子
• 蝇yíngfly; musca
• 蛭zhìfluke; leech; hirudinea
• 蛹yǒngchrysalis; pupa

Sounds the same

Read wú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 无not to have; no; none
• 吾(old) I; my
• 唔oh (expression of agreement or surprise); (Cantonese) not
• 毋(literary) no; don't; to not have
• 芜overgrown with weeds
• 梧Sterculia platanifolia
• 鼯flying squirrel
• 浯(name of several rivers in China)
• 俉used in 逢俉
• 峿name of a mountain
• 祦happy; used in historical names
• 郚place name