物 — Chinese character
物
wù
thing, substance, matter; creature
- Pinyin
- wù
- Radical
- 93 ⽜ (Cow)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 牛 勿
- Formation
- pictophonetic — ox; meaning component 牛; sound component 勿
- Japanese
- 物 as a kanji
Common words with 物
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 人物 | rén wù | person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc) |
| 动物 (動物) | dòng wù | animal |
| 物质 (物質) | wù zhì | matter; substance |
| 生物 | shēng wù | organism; living creature; life form; (attributive) biological; bio- |
| 食物 | shí wù | food |
| 植物 | zhí wù | plant; vegetation |
| 博物馆 (博物館) | bó wù guǎn | museum |
| 事物 | shì wù | thing; object |
| 礼物 (禮物) | lǐ wù | gift; present; measure word: 件 (jiàn), 份 (fèn) |
| 药物 (藥物) | yào wù | medicaments; pharmaceuticals |
| 物理 | wù lǐ | physics; physical; relating to the material world |
| 物资 (物資) | wù zī | goods; supplies |
English words written with 物
物 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 37 · Analects 1 · Mencius 23 · Zhuangzi 344 · Great Learning 3 · Doctrine of the Mean 18
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 1
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 2
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 4
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 5
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 8
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 14
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 16
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 21
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