吾

吾 U+543E, 吾 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-543E ← 吽 [U+543D] CJK Unified Ideographs 吿 → [U+543F]

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吾 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 一一口 (MMR), four-corner 1060₁, composition ⿱五口)

• 俉, 唔, 娪, 峿, 悟, 捂, 晤, 梧, 浯, 焐, 牾, 㹳, 珸, 䎸, 䏸, 語(语), 鋙(铻), 䮏, 鯃, 齬(龉/𪘚), 啎, 逜, 鼯, 敔, 郚, 痦, 衙, 䦜, 圄, 䓊, 㐚
• 𠗐, 𪣔, 𪩳, 𢓲, 𭭢, 𤕻, 𥆐, 𥏒, 𥒾, 𥟊, 𦀡, 𧋋, 𮗰, 𬤿, 𧳎, 𮠬, 𫕁, 𩩑, 𫥩, 𦥉, 𩳌, 𢆖, 𢻊, 𣣄, 𤭑, 𩒾, 𪁙, 𪕡, 𠵦, 𫪸, 𫬮, 𢈪, 𡨂, 𥭠, 𣬕, 𬰜, 𠵥

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 180, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3379
• Dae Jaweon: page 398, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 585, character 13
• Unihan data for U+543E

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋraː, *ŋaː) : phonetic 五 (OC *ŋaːʔ) + semantic 口 (“mouth”).

trad.		吾
simp. #		吾
alternative forms		𠮣 𭇁

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋa-j ~ ka (“I”). Cognate with Burmese ငါ (nga, “I”), 我 (OC *ŋaːlʔ, “I”), Hakka 𠊎 (ngài, “I”).

吾

1. (literary or dialectal) I

   • 吾嘗終日而思矣，不如須臾之所學也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     吾尝终日而思矣，不如须臾之所学也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Xunzi, c. 3^rd century BCE

     Wú cháng zhōngrì ér sī yǐ, bùrú xūyú zhī suǒ xué yě. [Pinyin]

     I have once engaged in thinking for the whole day, and it could not compare with a moment of learning.

   • 如有政，雖不吾以，吾其與聞之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     如有政，虽不吾以，吾其与闻之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Rú yǒu zhèng, suī bù wú yǐ, wú qí yù wén zhī. [Pinyin]

     If there had been government business, though I am now not appointed, I should have been consulted about it.

   • 吾觀全地球之社會，未有凌亂舊金山之華人者。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     吾观全地球之社会，未有凌乱旧金山之华人者。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1904 February, Liang Qichao, "Travel Notes of the New Continent"

     Wú guān quán dìqiú zhī shèhuì, wèi yǒu língluàn Jiùjīnshān zhī huárén zhě. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. (literary) my

   吾皇 [Classical Chinese]  ―  wú huáng [Pinyin]  ―  my emperor

   • 老吾老以及人之老，幼吾幼以及人之幼。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

     Lǎo wú lǎo yǐjí rén zhī lǎo, yòu wú yòu yǐjí rén zhī yòu. [Pinyin]

     Respect my (our) elders as well as the others' elders, take care of my (our) children as well as the others' children.

3. a surname. Wu

Before the Three Kingdoms period, 吾 ("I") was mostly only used as a subject, a pronoun object of a negated sentence or an interrogative pronoun object (the latter two cases are where the pronoun object is placed before the verb), meaning 吾 seldom occurred as the pronoun object that is placed after a verb.

trad.		吾
simp. #		吾

吾

1. Used for onomatopoeia.

trad.		吾
simp. #		吾

吾

1. Used in transcription.

trad.		吾
simp. #		吾
alternative forms		𠊎 伢 雅

吾

1. (Hakka) my

   吾姆 [Sixian Hakka]  ―  ngâ mê [Pha̍k-fa-sṳ]  ―  my mom

   • (Can we date this quote?), “佬妹阿花”, 张少林 (lyrics)‎^[1]performed by 张少林:

     雅佬妹喊做阿花 [Malaysian Huiyang Hakka, trad. and simp.]

     My sister is called Ah Fa

trad.		吾
simp. #		吾

吾

1. (obsolete) a kind of baton

trad.		吾
simp. #		吾

吾

1. Only used in 允吾 (Yányá; Qiānyá). A county established during the Western Han, disestablished during the Northern Wei, and briefly reestablished during the Sui dynasty

trad.		吾
simp. #		吾

吾

1. Only used in 吾吾.

• “吾”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[2], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. I, me

• Go-on: ぐ (gu)
• Kan-on: ご (go)
• Kun: われ (ware, 吾)、わが (waga, 吾が)、あ (a, 吾)、あが (aga, 吾)

Kanji in this term
吾
われ Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Kanji in this term
吾
わ Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 吾 – see the following entry.

【我われ】6 [pronoun] first person singular pronoun: I, me, oneself [pronoun] (usually vulgar) second person singular pronoun: you 【我わ】6 [pronoun] (obsolete or dialect) first-person personal pronoun: I, me

(This term, 吾, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Kanji in this term
吾
あれ Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 吾 – see the following entry.

【あれ】 [pronoun] (obsolete) first-person personal pronoun: I, me Alternative spelling 我

(This term, 吾, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Kanji in this term
吾
あ Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 吾 – see the following entry.

【あ】 [pronoun] (obsolete) first-person personal pronoun: I, me Alternative spelling 我

(This term, 吾, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

吾 • (o) (hangeul 오, revised o, McCune–Reischauer o)

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吾 (wa) (kana わ)

1. I, oneself

• Satsugū dialect: おい (oi)

吾: Hán Nôm readings: ngô, ngo

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• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999