戊 wù fifth (ordinal); halberd; 5th heavenly stem
Made up of [戈 gē spear radical 62, 丿 piě 'slash' radical 4]Made with 5 strokes.
Picture of a halberd - a lance with an ax blade in the middle
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Also uses 戈 gē component: 成 chéng (to succeed) 戴 dài (to respect) ; 或 huò (maybe) ; 戋 jiān (narrow) ; 我 wǒ (I (me)) ; 武 wǔ (martial) ; 载 zài (to carry) ; 藏 zàng (treasury) ; 战 zhàn (to fight) ; 找 zhǎo (to try to find)
Also uses 丿 piě component: 必 bì (certainly) 弟 dì (younger brother) ; 乎 hū (at) ; 久 jiǔ (long time) ; 九 jiǔ (nine) ; 乐 lè (music) ; 么 me (what) ; 乃 nǎi (to be) ; 年 nián (year) ; 少 shǎo (less) ; 生 shēng (produce) ; 失 shī (to lose) ; 勿 wù (do not) ; 午 wǔ (noon) ; 义 yì (justice) ; 之 zhī (him) ; 族 zú (clan)
Sounds same
勿 wù (do not) ; 务 wù (affair) ; 物 wù (thing)Different tone
乌 wū (crow) ; 屋 wū (house) ; 无 wú (not to have) ; 五 wǔ (five) ; 午 wǔ (noon) ; 武 wǔ (martial)
Stroke order for character 戊, kindly provided under Wikimedia creative commons license ➚