呉

Readings

Pinyin: wú

Wade-Giles: wu

Hangul: 오

Korean MC: o

Korean MR: o

Katakana: ゴ

Hepburn: go

ngô

Wu

• The name of an ancient Chinese kingdom:
  • during the Spring and Autumn period, Wu was a powerful kingdom which was defeated by the Yüeh kingdom;
  • the most easterly of the Three Kingdoms (CE 229–280) approximately comprising Chekiang.
  [resp. Charles Muller]
• Clamorous, noisy; to bawl. [resp. Charles Muller]
• A common Korean and Chinese surname. [resp. Charles Muller]
• The Japanese pronunciation of a Chinese logograph which is derived from its original Chinese wu pronunciation, rather than Han (漢) pronunciation. Many Buddhist words use this pronunciation. [resp. Charles Muller]

Dictionary References:

Zen Dust (Sasaki), 188, 279, 423

Zengo jiten (Iriya and Koga), 15-P6

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generated: 2014-06-20