| 嗚 | |||
| sound of crying, sobbing | |||
| Radical | 口 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 10 | Total Strokes | 13 |
| Mandarin reading | wū | Cantonese reading | wu1 |
| Japanese on reading | o u | Japanese kun reading | au |
| Korean reading | o | Vietnamese reading | ô |
| Simplified Variant(s) | 呜 | ||
| 嗚 | |||
| sound of crying, sobbing | |||
| Radical | 口 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 10 | Total Strokes | 13 |
| Mandarin reading | wū | Cantonese reading | wu1 |
| Japanese on reading | o u | Japanese kun reading | au |
| Korean reading | o | Vietnamese reading | ô |
| Simplified Variant(s) | 呜 | ||
| 嗚 | [ wū ] (onom.) for humming or whimpering |
| 嗚呼 | [ wū hū ] alas, alack, welladay, wellaway, to die |
| 嗚呼哀哉 | [ wū hū aī zaī ] alas, all is lost |
| 嗚咽 | [ wū yè ] to sob, to whimper |
| 嗚嗚 | [ wū wū ] (interj) boo hoo |
| 嗚嗚祖拉 | [ wū wū zǔ lā ] vuvuzela (horn) (loanword) |
| ⇒ 一命嗚呼 | [ yī mìng wū hū ] to die (idiom), to breathe one's last, to give up the ghost |
| ⇒ 嗚嗚 | [ wū wū ] (interj) boo hoo |
| ⇒ 嗚嗚祖拉 | [ wū wū zǔ lā ] vuvuzela (horn) (loanword) |