Chou Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Woman (nǚ) Wú Kangxi Stroke Count: 10 Page 263, Entry 16 Pronounced wú. Broad Rimes (Guangyun): A beautiful woman. Also pronounced yú. Dialect (Fangyan) by Yang Xiong: In the Wu region, a woman is called wú. Also pronounced wù. Explanation of Names (Shiming): In the Qing and Xu regions, a woman is called wú. Wú means to offend or be contrary. When a girl is first born, people are not happy and feel a sense of opposition.