吴市吹箫

吴市吹箫吳市吹簫 wú shì chuī xiāo ㄨˊ ㄕˋ ㄔㄨㄟㄒㄧㄠ ng4 si5 ceoi1 siu1

(idiom) to beg on the streets; to fall into utter destitution (allusion to Wu Zixu's 伍子胥 Wǔ Zǐ xū ㄨˇ ㄗˇ ㄒㄩ exile and humiliation as described in Sima Qian's "Records of the Grand Historian" 史记 (史記) Shǐ jì ㄕˇ ㄐㄧˋ)

Stroke order

Practice writing

Draw 吴 (1 of 4) — stroke by stroke.

Character breakdown

吴 radical 口 = 口天
市 radical 巾 = 亠巾
吹 radical 口 = 口欠
箫 radical ⺮ = ⺮肃