吾
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(old) I; my
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 口 +4
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 吾
- Common rank
- #2,272
- Unicode
- U+543E
Formation & memory
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Words with 吾
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 世界维吾尔代表大会 | World Uighur Congress | |
| 老吾老，以及人之老 | to honor old people as we do our own aged parents | |
| 新疆维吾尔自治区 | Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, capital Ürümqi 烏魯木齊市|乌鲁木齐市[Wu1 lu3 mu4 qi2 Shi4] (short… | |
| 维吾尔人 | Uighur person or people | |
| 老吾老，以及人之老，幼吾幼，以及人之幼 | to honor old people as we do our own aged parents, and care for other's children as one's … | |
| 维吾尔语 | Uighur language | |
| 维吾尔族 | Uyghur ethnic group | |
| 吾尔开希 | Örkesh Dölet (1968-), one of the main leaders of the Beijing student democracy movement of… | |
| 维吾尔 | Uyghur ethnic group | |
| 支吾其词 | (idiom) to talk in a roundabout way to cover up the truth; evasive | |
| 伊吾县 | Yiwu, a county in Hami City 哈密市[Ha1 mi4 Shi4], Xinjiang | |
| 幼吾幼，以及人之幼 | to care for other's children as one's own | |
| 吾生也有涯，而知也无涯 | Life is short, learning is limitless; Ars longa, vita brevis | |
| 吾人 | (literary) we; us | |
| 执金吾 | (Han dynasty) official in command of an army responsible for maintaining law and order in … | |
| 吾等 | (literary) we; us | |
| 伊吾 | see 伊吾縣|伊吾县[Yi1 wu2 Xian4] | |
| 支吾 | to resist; to deal with | |
| 支吾 | to respond evasively or vaguely; to elude; to stall | |
| 支支吾吾 | to hem and haw; to stall; to stammer; to mumble; to falter |