乌 — Chinese character
乌
wū
crow, rook, raven; black, dark
- Pinyin
- wū
- Radical
- 4 ⼃ (Slash)
- Strokes
- 4
- Components
- 丿
- Formation
- pictographic — Simplified form of 烏; a crow; compare 鸟
- Traditional
- 烏
Common words with 乌
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 乌龟 (烏龜) | wū guī | tortoise; cuckold |
| 乌鸦 (烏鴉) | wū yā | crow; raven |
| 乌托邦 (烏托邦) | wū tuō bāng | (loanword) utopia |
| 乌云 (烏雲) | wū yún | black cloud |
| 乌龙 (烏龍) | wū lóng | black dragon; unexpected mistake or mishap |
| 乌拉 (烏拉) | wù la | leather shoe stuffed with Carex meyeriana 乌拉草 (wù la cǎo), worn in northeastern China during winter |
| 乌贼 (烏賊) | wū zéi | cuttlefish |
| 乌合之众 (烏合之眾) | wū hé zhī zhòng | (idiom) rabble; disorderly band |
| 乌烟瘴气 (烏煙瘴氣) | wū yān zhàng qì | (idiom) full of smoke and noxious fumes; (fig.) toxic atmosphere; chaotic environment |
| 子虚乌有 (子虛烏有) | zǐ xū wū yǒu | (idiom) to have no basis in fact; to be the product of sb's imagination |
| 化为乌有 (化為烏有) | huà wéi wū yǒu | (idiom) to go up in smoke; to vanish |
| 乌龙茶 (烏龍茶) | wū lóng chá | oolong tea |
English words written with 乌
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.