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务

wù

business

Simplified form of 務. Phonosemantic compound. 矛 represents the sound, while 攵 and 力 both represent the meaning. The traditional component 矛 was removed for simplification.

Components
矛 deleted component

矛  Deleted component

máo

  

spear

攵 meaning component

攵  Meaning component

pū

  

tap

攵 is a component form of 攴.

力 meaning component

力  Meaning component

lì

  

power

Evolution

务 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
务 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
务 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
务 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
务 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

务 (務) 

wù

affairs, business; must, should; affair; business; matter; to be engaged in; to attend to; by all means

Most common words with 务
Freq.
Word
Meaning

任务

mission

服务

to serve

业务

business

事务所

office

义务

duty

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

雾

Statistics

HSK level 2

Appears in 66.1541% of movies

498th most common character in movies

245th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Traditional

務

Unicode

U+52A1


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