Dong Chinese dictionary

wū

filthy

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 亏 (于) represents the sound.

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

water

于 Sound component

yú

亏 and 于 both come from the same ancient character.

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

wū

filthy, dirty, impure, polluted; dirty; filthy; foul; corrupt; to smear; to defile; dirt; filth

wū

variant of 污[wū]

Most common words with 污

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