兀

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(literary) rising to a height; towering; (literary) bald; bare; (literary) still; yet

Formation & memory

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

Cutting 一 off the feet 儿

Components 一儿

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
蒙兀国	Měng wù guó	Khamag Mongol, a 12th century Mongolic tribal confederation
兀自	wù zì	(literary) still; yet
高山兀鹫	gāo shān wù jiù	(bird species of China) Himalayan vulture (Gyps himalayensis)
兀立	wù lì	to stand upright
白背兀鹫	bái bèi wù jiù	(bird species of China) white-rumped vulture (Gyps bengalensis)
白兀鹫	bái wù jiù	(bird species of China) Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus)
突兀	tū wù	lofty; towering; sudden; abrupt
黑兀鹫	hēi wù jiù	(bird species of China) red-headed vulture (Sarcogyps calvus)
兀鹰	wù yīng	griffon vulture
胡兀鹫	hú wù jiù	(bird species of China) bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus)
兀凳	wù dèng	Chinese-style low stool
兀鹫	wù jiù	vulture; (bird species of China) Eurasian griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus)
兀臬	wù niè	variant of 杌隉\|杌陧[wu4 nie4]
兀臲	wù niè	variant of 杌隉\|杌陧[wu4 nie4]

These characters use 兀 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
兀 sound part	wù	weak; lame
虺	huī	a large venomous snake
阢	wù	worried, apprehensive
髡	kūn	to shear a tree; an ancient punishment