吳
吳 or 呉 is an East Asian character for a word or morpheme. It may refer to: *Kure, Hiroshima, a city in Japan *O (surname), a common Korean surname *Wu (surname), the pinyin transliteration of a common Chinese surname *Ng (name) Ng (pronounced ; English approximation often or ) is a Cantonese transliteration of the Chinese surnames 吳/ 吴 (Mandarin ''Wú'') and 伍 (Mandarin ''Wǔ''). Alternately, it is a common Hokkien transcription of the name 黃/ 黄 (, Mandarin ...

Wu (surname)
''Wú'' is the pinyin transliteration of the Chinese surname wikt:吳, 吳 (Simplified Chinese wikt:吴, 吴), which is a common surname (family name) in Mainland China. Wú (吳) is the sixth name listed in the Song Dynasty Chinese classics, classic ''Hundred Family Surnames''. In 2019 Wu was the ninth most common surname in Mainland China. A 2013 study found that it was the eighth most common surname, shared by 26,800,000 people or 2.000% of the population, with the province having the most being Guangdong. The Cantonese and Hakka language, Hakka transliteration of 吳 is Ng (surname), Ng, a syllable made entirely of a nasal consonant while the Min Nan transliteration of 吳 is Ngo, Ngoh, Ngov, Goh, Go, Gouw, depending on the regional variations in Min Nan pronunciation. Shanghainese transliteration of 吳 is Woo. 吳 is also one of the most common surnames in Korea. It is spelled O (surname), 오 in Hangul and romanized O by the three major romanization systems, but more commo ...
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O (surname)
O or Oh is a family name in Korea. It is written using the hanja characters, 吳, 五, 伍, 吾, and 晤. According to the 2015 census in South Korea, there were 763,281 people carrying the O surname. History O also spelled Oh (Hangul: ) is the Korean form of the Chinese surname Wu (Hanja: ). The character 吳 is phonetically pronounced "Oh" in Korean, but "Wu" in Mandarin Chinese, however the historic origin of the surname is the same. The name originates from the ancient state of Wu in present-day province of Jiangsu. Wu (, , "Oh" or "O" romanization) is the sixth name listed in the Song Dynasty classic ''Hundred Family Surnames''. In the 13th century BC, the state of Zhou (which will later become the Zhou Dynasty) was ruled by Tai Wang (King Tai of Zhou). His surname was originally Ji (). He had three sons: Taibo, Zhongyong, and Jili. King Tai of Zhou favored the youngest son, Jili to inherit the reins of power, therefore Taibo and his brother Zhongyong voluntar ...
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Kure, Hiroshima
is a port and major shipbuilding city situated on the Seto Inland Sea in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. With a strong industrial and naval heritage, Kure hosts the second-oldest naval dockyard in Japan and remains an important base for the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF) named, JMSDF Kure Naval Base. , the city has an estimated population of 228,030 and a population density of 646 persons per km2. The total area is 352.80 km2. History The Kure Naval District was first established in 1889, leading to the construction of the Kure Naval Arsenal and the rapid growth of steel production and shipbuilding in the city. Kure was formally incorporated on October 1, 1902. From 1889 until the end of World War II, the city served as the headquarters of the Kure Naval District. Kure dockyards recorded a number of significant engineering firsts including the launching of the first major domestically built capital ship, the battlecruiser ''Tsukuba'' (1905) and the launching ...
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