吴

wú = w + Ø2

surname Wu / area comprising southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Shanghai / name of states in Southern China at different historical periods

吴 = 口 + 天 : Mnemonic symbol: the water buffalo from Wu.

Willy Walrus (w) enters the space station (Ø2) with a big mandarin (口) in his hands. The water buffalo (吴) sees it and begins to pant heavily, slightly in panic. Fortunately there is an angel (天) around to calm him down and let him know that it's not the sun he's fearing.

吴 character breakdown

吴
- 口
- 天
  - 一
  - 大
    - 一
    - 人
      - 丿
      - ㇏

kǒu = k + ou3

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

Mnemonic symbol: 口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is enjoying a mandarin in the outhouse's living room (ou3).

tia̅n = ti + an1

day / sky / heaven

天 = 一 + 大 : Mother Teresa (ti) programmed a robot (大) to play a flute duet together with her in front of the anthill (an1). As they play their flutes (一) an angel (天) hears their heavenly tune and descends from heaven to listen to them.

Characters with 吴 as component

yú = yu + Ø2

to amuse

娱 = 吴 + 女 : Yu the Great (yu) and Bessie Coleman (女) amuse (娱) themselves just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2) by riding on a water buffalo (吴).

wù = w + Ø4

mistake / error / to miss / to harm / to delay / to neglect / mistakenly

误 = 吴 + 讠 : Recently, mission control had an advertising column (讠) set up in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). On the column is written that interracial love is WRONG (误) and should be banned. To protest this, Willy Walrus (w) and the water buffalo (吴) show their love for each other by having a shower together in the space station's bathroom.

wú = w + Ø2

centipede

yǔ = yu + Ø3

big

wú = w + Ø2

happy / used in historical names

wù = w + Ø4

to impede / to delay / variant of 誤|误[wu4]

wú = w + Ø2

stag / herd

Words with 吴

Go Seigen (1914-2014), Go player

cow from Wu is terrified by the moon, mistaking it for the sun

Wu Yuzhang (1878-1966), writer, educator and communist politician

King Helu of Wu (-496 BC, reigned 514-496 BC) / also called 吳王闔閭|吴王阖闾

King Helu of Wu (-496 BC, reigned 514-496 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸 / also called 吳王闔廬|吴王阖庐

Wu Yong, character of 水滸傳|水浒传[Shui3 hu3 Zhuan4], nicknamed Resourceful Star 智多星[Zhi4 duo1 xing1]

Wu county in Jiangsu

Wu Zimu (lived c. 1270), writer at the end of the Song dynasty

Wuxing district of Huzhou city 湖州市[Hu2 zhou1 shi4], Zhejiang

Wuxing district of Huzhou city 湖州市[Hu2 zhou1 shi4], Zhejiang

Wu dialects (spoken primarily in Shanghai and surrounding areas)

Wu Qi (440-381 BC), military leader and politician of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC), author of Wuzi 吳子|吴子[Wu2 zi3], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]

Wuqi county in Yan'an 延安[Yan2 an1], Shaanxi

Wuqi county in Yan'an 延安[Yan2 an1], Shaanxi

states of south China in different historical periods / proverbially perpetual arch-enemies

Wu and Yue in the same boat (idiom); fig. cooperation between natural rivals / to collaborate towards a common end / in the same boat together

History of the Southern States Wu and Yue (traditional rivals), compiled by Han historian Zhao Ye 趙曄|赵晔[Zhao4 Ye4], 10 extant scrolls

Wu Jianren (1867-1910), late Qing dynasty novelist, author of The strange state of the world witnessed over 20 years 二十年目睹之怪現狀|二十年目睹之怪现状

Wu Bangguo (1941-), PRC electrical engineer and politician, politburo member 1992-2012

lit. head in Wu and tail in Chu (idiom); fig. close together / head-to-tail / one thing starts where the other leaves off

Sentences with 吴

吴 currently does not appear in any sentence.