Kanji
呉
N1
7 strokes
Grade 8
freq #1729
give, do something for, kingdom of Wu
On'yomi (音読み)
ゴ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
く.れる、 くれ
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
呉服
ごふく
cloth (for Japanese clothes); kimono fabrics
呉越同舟
ごえつどうしゅう
bitter enemies in the same boat; rivals finding themselves together by chance
呉汁
ごじる
gojiru; miso soup with ground soybeans
呉
ご
Wu (region in China, south of the lower Yangtze)
呉牛
ごぎゅう
water buffalo
呉語
ごご
Wu Chinese (language); Shanghainese
呉茱萸
ごしゅゆ
Tetradium ruticarpum (species of deciduous trees)
呉服尺
ごふくじゃく
fabric shaku (approx. 36.4 cm)
呉須
ごす
gosu porcelain
呉服物
ごふくもの
piece; dry-goods
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
呉竹
くれたけ
Henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis)
呉大学
くれだいがく
Kure University
呉下の阿蒙
ごかのあもう
person who has made no progress; someone who remains as ignorant as before
呉下の阿蒙に非ず
ごかのあもうにあらず
to no longer be the same old person; to have made remarkable progress
お呉れ
おくれ
please do (for me)
呉牛月に喘ぐ
ごぎゅうつきにあえぐ
to be overanxious; to worry needlessly
呉る
くる
to give; to let one have
呉の母
くれのおも
fennel (Foeniculum vulgare)
呉れて遣る
くれてやる
to give; to do (something) for
呉りゃる
くりゃる
to receive from another
Example sentences
手紙（てがみ）を出（だ）しておくれ。
Drop me a line.
どうか道（みち）を教（おし）えておくれ。
Let me know the way.
彼（かれ）は自分（じぶん）の金（かね）すべてをくれてやった。
He gave away all his money.
彼（かれ）はあり金（かね）を全（すべ）てくれてやった。
He gave away all his money.