Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

a crow; black

Chinese: 黑色、黑暗。

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “wu” becomes a different word in each tone. 乌 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 乌云wū yúnblack cloud
  • 乌黑wū hēijet-black; dark
  • 乌有wū yǒu(literary) not to exist; nonexistent; illusory
  • 乌气wū qìanger
  • 金乌jīn wūGolden Crow; the sun; the three-legged golden crow that lives in the sun

Example Sentence

天上飘来一片乌云。Tiān shàng piāo lái yí piàn wū yún.A dark cloud drifted in the sky.

天上Tiān shàngthe skypiāocomplacentláito comeonepiàndisk乌云wū yúnblack cloud