IDENTITY
物wùthing; matter
HSK 2Top 100
CORE MEANING
thing; matter
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.thing; objectHSK2
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 牛cow radical (niú)
- strokes
- 8
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰牛勿
- ox
- gives the sound wù
USAGE
Common words
动物dòngwùanimal
礼物lǐwùgift
食物shíwùfood
Graded examples
动物园里有很多动物。Dòngwùyuán lǐ yǒu hěn duō dòngwù.HSK3
The zoo has many animals.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
POEM LINES WITH THIS CHARACTER
LEARNING
Memory aid
The ox (牛) that is not (勿) to be killed — a creature, a thing. (Old: variegated ox.)
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #100
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
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