呉

Variant of 吳.

The modern Japanese usage is of reform (shinjitai) nature.

呉 (radical 30, 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口女弓金 (RVNC), composition ⿳⿺𠃑口一八(GJ) or ⿱⿳口𠃑一八(T))

• 娯 誤 虞

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 181, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3365
• Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 1, page 595, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5449

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. China
2. to give something, to do something for someone

• Go-on: ぐ (gu)
• Kan-on: ご (go, Jōyō)
• Kun: くれ (kure, 呉); くれる (kureru, 呉れる)

From Middle Chinese 吳 (ngu, name of a state). Compare modern Mandarin 吳／吴 (Wú).

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • IPA^(key): [ɡo̞]

呉 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 吳, hiragana ご, rōmaji Go)

1. Japanese reading of the Chinese surname Wu.
2. the ancient State of Wu
3. China, Chinese

   More commonly found in compounds in modern Japanese.

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 暮れる (kureru, “to set (said of the sun or moon), to get dark”), from the way that China lies to the west of Japan, in the direction of the setting sun.[1] Originally referred more specifically to the ancient State of Wu (roughly analogous with the modern Jiangnan region), and later referring to China as a whole.[1][2]

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ᵝɾe̞]

呉 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 吳, hiragana くれ, rōmaji Kure)

1. (archaic) China, Chinese

   More commonly found in compounds in modern Japanese.

2. a place name, such as that of Kure City in Hiroshima Prefecture