乌
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crow; black
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How 乌 is formed
Pictograph (象形字)
Simplified form of 烏; a crow; compare 鸟
Components 丿
? unknown part
How to remember it
crow · Heisig RSH #2873
鸟 bird + a drop of
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 乌
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 乌拉尔山 | the Ural mountains in Russia, dividing Europe from Asia | |
| 乌海市 | Wuhai, prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region 內蒙古自治區|内蒙古自治区[Nei4 meng3 … | |
| 乌拉尔 | the Ural mountains in Russia, dividing Europe from Asia | |
| 乌克兰人 | Ukrainian (person) | |
| 乌拉特 | Urat plain in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾|巴彦淖尔[Ba1 yan4 nao4 er3], Inner Mongolia; also Urat Front, Cen… | |
| 化为乌有 | (idiom) to go up in smoke; to vanish | |
| 义乌市 | Yiwu, a county-level city in Jinhua City 金華市|金华市[Jin1 hua2 Shi4], Zhejiang | |
| 乌西亚 | Uzziah (son of Joram) | |
| 乌来区 | Wulai, a district of New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 Shi4], Taiwan | |
| 乌拉特草原 | Urat plain in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾|巴彦淖尔[Ba1 yan4 nao4 er3], Inner Mongolia | |
| 乌鱼子 | mullet roe (salted and dried); bottarga | |
| 乌加利 | ugali (aka nshima) | |
| 乌龙面 | udon, a thick Japanese-style wheat-flour noodle | |
| 乌东德 | Wudongde, the name of a hydroelectric dam on the Jinsha River 金沙江[Jin1 sha1 Jiang1] at a p… | |
| 乌尔格 | ancient name of Ulan Bator | |
| 沙乌地阿拉伯 | Saudi Arabia (Tw) | |
| 乌兰县 | Ulan, a county in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州[Hai3 xi1 Meng3… | |
| 乌达区 | Wuda, a district of Wuhai City 烏海市|乌海市[Wu1 hai3 Shi4], Inner Mongolia | |
| 三足金乌 | three-legged Golden Crow that lives in the sun (in northeast Asian and Chinese mythology);… | |
| 乌苏里斯克 | Ussuriisk city in Russian Pacific Primorsky region; previous names include 雙城子|双城子[Shuang1… |
Sound family
These characters use 乌 as their sound component — compare how they read.