兀

兀 (Kangxi radical 10, 儿+1, 3 strokes, cangjie input 一山 (MU), four-corner 1021₀, composition ⿱一儿)

• 㐳 𠮾 屼 扤 𣲍 阢 杌 𤮿 矹 䑢 軏(𫐄) 靰 鼿
• 𠚯 尫 𤮾 虺 卼 豗 䪲 䲫 尶
• 元 光 𡵉 㫕 尭 𨓢 㫯 𩂁 堯(尧) 髡 𣾃

• ㄫ (Zhuyin alphabet)

• KangXi: page 123, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1337
• Dae Jaweon: page 257, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 264, character 5
• Unihan data for U+5140
• Unihan data for U+FA0C

“to cut off the feet”

Perhaps Austroasiatic; compare Mon ကုတ် (kut, “to cut off; to amputate”) (Schuessler, 2007).

兀

1. ^† towering

   突兀  ―  tūwù  ―  lofty

2. ^† bald

   • 蜀山兀，阿房出。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: 825, Du Mu, 《阿房宮賦》 "Rhapsody on the Epang Palace", translated by Campbell (2008).

     Shǔ shān wù, Ēpáng chū. [Pinyin]

     Only once the hills of Shu had been denuded of their trees, did Epang Palace begin to take shape.

3. ^† to cut off the feet

   兀者 [Classical Chinese]  ―  wùzhě [Pinyin]  ―  person that has had one of their feet cut

4. ^† unpeaceful
5. a surname

兀

1. Only used in 兀禿／兀秃.

Borrowed from Turkic, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *ol (Zhang and Zhang, 2007). Compare Old Turkic 𐰆𐰞‎ (ul¹), Turkish o (“he, she, it; that”), Uyghur ئۇ‎ (u, “he, she, it; that”), Chuvash вӑл (văl, “he, she, it”) and Karakhanid اُلْ‎ (ol, “he, she, it; that”). First recorded in the Song Dynasty:

前世謂「阿睹」，猶今諺云「兀底」；「寧馨」，猶「恁地」也；皆不指一物一事之詞。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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前世谓“阿睹”，犹今谚云“兀底”；“宁馨”，犹“恁地”也；皆不指一物一事之词。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Song Dynasty, 莊綽, 《雞肋編》

Qiánshì wèi “ādǔ”, yóu jīn yàn yún “wùde”; “níngxīn”, yóu “nèndì” yě; jiē bù zhǐ yī wù yī shì zhī cí. [Pinyin]

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兀

1. (dialectal Mandarin, Jin) that [from 11th c.]

   兀裡／兀里 [Jin]  ―  veh⁴ le [Wiktionary]  ―  over there

   Antonym: 這／这 (zhè)

2. (archaic) Used before pronouns to form bisyllabic pronouns.

   兀那 [Written Vernacular Chinese]  ―  wùnà [Pinyin]  ―  that

   兀誰／兀谁 [Written Vernacular Chinese]  ―  wùshéi [Pinyin]  ―  who

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兀

1. (Min Bei) that

兀

1. ^† still; yet

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00263
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C02853-003

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. towering; high
2. bald

• On (unclassified): こつ (kotsu); ごつ (gotsu)
• Kun: たかい (takai, 兀い); はげる (hageru); あしきる (ashikiru)
• Nanori: たかし (takashi)

兀 (eum 올 (ol))

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兀: Hán Nôm readings: ngột, ngát, ngút

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