Dong Chinese dictionary

hū

breathe, shout

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 乎 represents the sound.

Components

口 Meaning component

kǒu

mouth

乎 Sound component

hū

interrogative or exclamatory final particle

Evolution

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

hū

breathe sigh, exhale; call, shout; to call; to cry; to shout; to breath out; to exhale

hū

variant of 呼[hū]; to call out

Most common words with 呼

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