xiuwu
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "THE ancient art, lost for nearly 1,000 years, of blending clays so that the design is embodied in the porcelain article like a colored pattern into woven cloth, has been revived in its original home, Dangyangyu, Xiuwu county, Henan province."
- "Near the T'ai-hang Mountains of Honan, T'ang-yang-yu, now the headquarters of a commune brigade in the municipality of Chiao-tso in Hsiu-wu County, was once the site of a thriving pottery centre in the Northern Sung Dynasty."
- "When women in a Yellow River community of Henan Province fled in advance of a "high tide" last spring, Xiuwu County officials tore off roofs of their houses and knocked down walls with tractors, according to a Chinese medical staffer who witnessed the wrecking."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, 修武
Inflected Forms
Hsiu-wu (alternative)
Hsiuwu (alternative)