I CHING LEXICON wu4 R#:93 R: Strokes:4,8 Wade/Giles:wu4 Freq:25 (phon. comp.) article, thing; matter, substance wan4wu4 all things [lit: 10,000 things] Legge: A thing, things. wan4wu4 all things. Wieger: #101A, is a mere phonetic. Wilder: #964, A thing, an article... wu4 phonetic, a negative, do not; a flag with three pennons, usually used to indicate a prohibition. [The radical, ] an ox was the most valuable asset in ancient times. The addition of the flag to the ox may have indicated its importance -- it was not to be disposed of. This character is now used for any article, regardless of value. H2, tuan4ci2 , Legge, "all things owe to it their birth" H21 COTD , yi2 zhong1 you3 wu4 Blofeld: "When something is gripped between the jaws" Legge: "The existence of something between the jaws" Wilhelm: "There is something between the corners of the mouth." H1 COTD H1 COTD H1 WY H1 L5 WY H2 COTD H2 COTD H2 Image H2 WY H11 COTD

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