In Japan the city Kure is written 呉, a variant of the character 吴.
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Not a standard modern Chinese character. It is the Japanese form of 吴 (traditional 吳), used in Japanese for the old Chinese state of Wu, Go-on readings, and place names; Chinese always writes 吴.
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When writing Chinese, use 吴 — the surname and the state. 呉 only appears in Japanese contexts.
The lower part is a stylized survival of the tilted-figure element of 吴; the Japanese form draws it slightly differently and it carries no independent meaning.
No stroke data for 呉; the glyph shown is your device font, so component strokes can't be highlighted.
