戊 (wù): fifth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干, fifth in order, letter "E" or Roman "V" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
戊 (wù) is a Chinese character meaning “fifth of the ten heavenly stems 十天干.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 丿 (structural) and 戈 (structural). It ranks #4060 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- fifth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干
- fifth in order
- letter "E" or Roman "V" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 异戊巴比妥 | yì wù bā bǐ tuǒ | amobarbital (drug) (loanword) |
| 戊戌变法 | wù xū biàn fǎ | Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty |
| 戊戌六君子 | wù xū liù jūn zǐ | the Six Gentlemen Martyrs of the failed reform movement of 1898, executed in its aftermath, namely: Tan Sitong 譚嗣同|谭嗣... |
| 戊戌政变 | wù xū zhèng biàn | coup by Dowager Empress Cixi 慈禧太后 ending the 1898 attempt to reform the Qing dynasty |
| 戊戌维新 | wù xū wéi xīn | Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty |
| 戊子 | wù zǐ | twenty-fifth year E1 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2008 or 2068 |
| 戊巴比妥钠 | wù bā bǐ tuǒ nà | pentasorbital sodium (a sedative) |
| 异戊二烯 | yì wù èr xī | isoprene |
| 亚硝酸异戊酯 | yà xiāo suān yì wù zhǐ | amyl nitrite |
| 戊型肝炎noun | wù xíng gān yán | hepatitis E |
| 戊午noun | wù wǔ | fifty-fifth year E7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1978 or 2038 |
| 戊五醇 | wù wǔ chún | xylitol |
| 环戊烯noun | huán wù xī | cyclopentene C5H8 (ring of five carbon atoms) |
| 戊申noun | wù shēn | forty-fifth year E9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1968 or 2028 |
| 异戊橡胶 | yì wù xiàng jiāo | isoprene rubber |
戊 appears in 21 compound words: 76 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 24 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
研究团队发现，北京 35% 的树木会释放异戊二烯。
yán jiū tuán duì fā xiàn , běi jīng 3 5 de shù mù huì shì fàng yì wù èr xī .
A research team found that 35% of the trees in Beijing release isoprene.
现在国家博物馆标注是‘后母戊鼎’，但我读书的时候还称之为‘司母戊大方鼎’。
xiàn zài guó jiā bó wù guǎn biāo zhù shì hòu mǔ wù dǐng , dàn wǒ dú shū de shí hòu hái chēng zhī wéi sī mǔ wù dà fāng dǐng .
The National Museum currently refers to it as the “Houmuwu Tripod,” but when I was in school, it was still known as the “Simuwu Large Square Tripod.”
Character Family
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