Chinese characters : List with all references

Character: 吳

Modern (Beijing) reading: wú

Preclassic Old Chinese: ŋuā

Classic Old Chinese: ŋuā

Western Han Chinese: ŋuā

Eastern Han Chinese: ŋuā

Early Postclassic Chinese: ŋuō

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ŋuō

Late Postclassic Chinese: ŋuō

Middle Chinese: ŋo

English meaning : to shout

Russian meaning[s]: 1) сокр. пров. Цзянсу; 2) сокр. г. Сучжоу; 3) древн. шумный, крикливый; орать; 4) У (фамилия); 5) У (название древних княжеств и царств)

Comments: For *ŋ- cf. Min forms: Xiamen gɔ², Chaozhou ŋou², Fuzhou, Jianou ŋu².

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 30

Four-angle index: 4983

Karlgren code: 0059 a-c

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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋʷā

Meaning: cry, shout

Chinese: 吳 *ŋʷā shout.

Tibetan: ŋa-ro a loud voice, a cry.

Comments: Cf. *ŋăH speak.

Chinese Dialects :

Number: 345

Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology

Character: 吳

MC description : 遇合一平模疑

ZIHUI: 0702 0937

Beijing: u 12

Jinan: u 12

Xi'an: u 12

Taiyuan: vu 1

Hankou: u 12

Chengdu: vu 12

Yangzhou: u 12

Suzhou: ŋǝu 12 (lit.); ŋ 12

Wenzhou: ŋ 12

Changsha: u 12

Shuangfeng: ŋû 12

Nanchang: u 31

Meixian: ŋ 12

Guangzhou: ŋ 12

Xiamen: gɔ 12

Chaozhou: ŋou 12

Fuzhou: ŋu 12

Shanghai: ɦu 32

Zhongyuan yinyun: u 12

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