(wǔ) - martial, military in Mandarin
wǔTraditional: 武
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Translation
martial, military
Word origin
An ideographic character combining 止 (zhǐ, foot or to advance) and 戈 (gē, a dagger-axe), picturing marching with weapons, hence martial or military.
- Origin
- ideographic
- Root
- 止 (foot, to advance) + 戈 (gē, dagger-axe weapon)
Stroke order
武
Examples
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This is a new kind of weapon.
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He has practised martial arts since childhood.
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Please put down your weapon.
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He has practised martial arts for many years.
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He is a military general.
武 (wǔ) means martial or military; common compounds include 武器 (wǔqì), weapon, and 武术 (wǔshù), martial arts.
Appears in 1 word
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 武.
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