呉ご

ご

Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

Wu region

Refers to the historical region of Wu in China, south of the lower Yangtze River. Used in historical and geographical contexts.

呉ごは中ちゅう国ごくの江こう南なん地ち方ほうに位い置ちする歴れき史し的てきな地ち域いきです。
Wu is a historical region located in the Jiangnan area of China.

noun

Wu kingdom (Five Dynasties)

historical term

Historical kingdom during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period (902–937 CE), also known as Southern Wu.

五ご代だい十じっ国こく時じ代だいの呉ごは、現げん在ざいの江こう蘇そ省しょうを中ちゅう心しんに栄さかえた。
The Wu kingdom of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period flourished mainly in present-day Jiangsu Province.

noun

Wu kingdom (Three Kingdoms)

historical term

Historical kingdom during the Three Kingdoms period (222–280 CE), also called Eastern Wu or Sun Wu. Often contrasted with Wei and Shu.

Kanji

呉give, do something for, kingdom of Wu

Don't confuse with

魏ぎ sense 3
呉 and 魏 were two of the three rival states of the Three Kingdoms period, and learners often mix up which name refers to which kingdom.
蜀しょく sense 3
呉 and 蜀 were two of the three rival states of the Three Kingdoms period, and learners often mix up which name refers to which kingdom.
越えつ sense 4
呉 and 越 were bitter rival states during the Spring and Autumn period (as in the idiom 呉越同舟), and learners often confuse which name is which.

Word family· 7

呉ご服ふく
kimono fabric; Japanese clothing textiles · silk fabrics
呉ご音おん
go-on; Wu reading
呉ご汁じる
gojiru; miso soup with ground soybeans
呉ご牛ぎゅう
water buffalo
呉ご須す
gosu porcelain · asbolite; zaffer

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呉ご服ふく屋や
kimono fabric shop; draper's
ゴシュユ
Tetradium ruticarpum; Evodia rutaecarpa

Etymology

The kanji 呉 is used to represent the historical Chinese state and region of Wu. The reading ご is the Sino-Japanese on'yomi.

呉ご

ご

Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

noun

Wu region

Refers to the historical region of Wu in China, south of the lower Yangtze River. Used in historical and geographical contexts.

呉ごは中ちゅう国ごくの江こう南なん地ち方ほうに位い置ちする歴れき史し的てきな地ち域いきです。
Wu is a historical region located in the Jiangnan area of China.

noun

Wu kingdom (Five Dynasties)

historical term

Historical kingdom during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period (902–937 CE), also known as Southern Wu.

五ご代だい十じっ国こく時じ代だいの呉ごは、現げん在ざいの江こう蘇そ省しょうを中ちゅう心しんに栄さかえた。
The Wu kingdom of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period flourished mainly in present-day Jiangsu Province.

noun

Wu kingdom (Three Kingdoms)

historical term

Historical kingdom during the Three Kingdoms period (222–280 CE), also called Eastern Wu or Sun Wu. Often contrasted with Wei and Shu.

Kanji

呉give, do something for, kingdom of Wu

Don't confuse with

魏ぎ sense 3
呉 and 魏 were two of the three rival states of the Three Kingdoms period, and learners often mix up which name refers to which kingdom.
蜀しょく sense 3
呉 and 蜀 were two of the three rival states of the Three Kingdoms period, and learners often mix up which name refers to which kingdom.
越えつ sense 4
呉 and 越 were bitter rival states during the Spring and Autumn period (as in the idiom 呉越同舟), and learners often confuse which name is which.

Word family· 7

呉ご服ふく
kimono fabric; Japanese clothing textiles · silk fabrics
呉ご音おん
go-on; Wu reading
呉ご汁じる
gojiru; miso soup with ground soybeans
呉ご牛ぎゅう
water buffalo
呉ご須す
gosu porcelain · asbolite; zaffer

Show 2 more

呉ご服ふく屋や
kimono fabric shop; draper's
ゴシュユ
Tetradium ruticarpum; Evodia rutaecarpa

Etymology

The kanji 呉 is used to represent the historical Chinese state and region of Wu. The reading ご is the Sino-Japanese on'yomi.