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 Dictionary: 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. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) towering

   突兀  ―  tūwù  ―  lofty

2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) 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. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to cut off the feet

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

4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) 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

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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

兀

1. (Northern Min) that

兀

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) 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

(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(ごつ) • (gotsu) 

1. (uncommon, archaic) bald (person); treeless (landscape)
   • 1741, Shin Usugusa Monogatari, Jōruri [Commentary]:

     はげたつむりは兀(ゴツ)として

     hageta tsumuri wa gotsu to shite

     his bare head is bald

兀 (eum 올 (ol))

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兀: Hán Nôm readings: ngột, ngát, ngút

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