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骛

wù

Character Traditional 騖

What 骛 means

1. bound formto rush about
2. to strive for

Words containing 骛

• 外骛wài wùto get involved in things which are not one's business
• 旁骛páng wùto be inattentive; to be distracted by sth
• 驰骛chí wùto move swiftly; to speed; to run after (empty fame, power, money etc)
• 好高骛远hào gāo wù yuǎnto bite off more than one can chew (idiom); to aim too high
• 心无旁骛xīn wú páng wùcompletely focused; free of distractions

Characters built on 敄

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

• 鹜wùduck
• 婺wùbeautiful

Characters that look like 骛

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

• 营yíngcamp; barracks; battalion
• 简jiǎnsimple; uncomplicated; letter
• 堡bǎo(bound form) fortress; stronghold…
• 筒tǒngtube; cylinder; to encase in sth cylindrical (such as hands in sleeves etc)
• 娶qǔto take a wife; to marry (a woman)
• 鸾luánmythical bird related to phoenix

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
• 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