hú
beard
Original meaning:
flesh under the chin of a cow
Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 古 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "flesh under the chin of a cow", which later shifted to "beard" (now written as 鬍 in traditional characters). Also used pejoratively to refer to foreigners from central Asia, who tended to have more beards than Han Chinese people. This meaning also shifted to "reckless" and "outrageous".
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reckless | ||
Hu Jintao (1942-), General Secretary of the CPC 2002-2012, president of the PRC 2003-2013 | ||
beard | ||
drivel | ||
carrot |
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