Japanese symbol for “wu”
呉
ご
Romaji: go
Wu (region in China, south of the lower Yangtze)
In Japanese, wu is 呉, read ご (go).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Meanings
- n Wu (region in China, south of the lower Yangtze)
- n Wu (kingdom in China during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms era; 902-937 CE); Southern Wu
- n Wu (kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms era; 222-280 CE); Eastern Wu; Sun Wu
- n Wu (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn era; 11th century-473 BCE)
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 呉服 | ごふく gofuku | cloth (for Japanese clothes); kimono fabrics; textile |
| 呉越同舟 | ごえつどうしゅう goetsudoushuu | bitter enemies in the same boat; rivals finding themselves together by chance; strange bedfellows |
| 呉れる | くれる kureru | to give; to let (one) have |
| 呉音 | ごおん goon | go-on; Wu reading; on reading of a kanji based on 5th and 6th century Chinese |
| 呉竹 | くれたけ kuretake | Henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis) |
| 呉須 | ごす gosu | gosu porcelain |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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