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View Name: Wu


WU
GENDER: Masculine & Feminine
USAGE: Chinese
OTHER SCRIPTS: 武, 务 (Chinese)
Meaning & History
From Chinese "military, martial" (which is generally only masculine) or "affairs, business". This was the name of several Chinese rulers, including the 2nd-century BC Emperor Wu of Han who expanded the empire and made Confucianism the state philosophy.
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