TSUMUGU · TOCFL C1 (est.) · 字
吳
吳 ＝ 口 ＋ 夨
ㄨˊ · wú
noun — a surname; the ancient state and region of Wu (lower Yangtze)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
夨義a person with the head tilted backthe slanted figure under the mouth — tilting the head to shout
A mouth (口) over a person whose head tilts back (夨) — someone throwing the head back to call out loudly. The old word was to shout; the everyday life of the graph is the surname and the southern state of Wu.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一個人歪著頭、張著口（口）大喊，聲音傳得老遠。
Head thrown back, mouth (口) wide — a shout that carries.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)吳、喧吳— to shout, to be loud
→吳國、吳語— the state of Wu; the Wu region and its speech常用
→姓吳— the surname Wu常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
吴wúthe simplified body — the lower squared to 天; 吳 keeps the tilted figure誤＝ 言 ＋ wùshares the body 吳 — speech (言) gone astray, the same sound donor