胡
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Han character
胡 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 十口月 (JRB), four-corner 47620, composition ⿰古月(GJKV) or ⿰古⺼(HT))
Derived characters
References
- KangXi: page 979, character 12
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29400
- Dae Jaweon: page 1431, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2056, character 8
- Unihan data for U+80E1
Chinese
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 胡 | |
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| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Characters in the same phonetic series (古) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
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| 箇 | *kaːls |
| 個 | *kaːls |
| 居 | *kɯ, *kas |
| 橭 | *kaː, *kʰaː |
| 嫴 | *kaː |
| 姑 | *kaː |
| 辜 | *kaː |
| 酤 | *kaː, *kaːs, *ɡaːʔ |
| 蛄 | *kaː |
| 鴣 | *kaː |
| 沽 | *kaː, *kaːʔ, *kaːs |
| 盬 | *kaː, *kaːʔ |
| 古 | *kaːʔ |
| 罟 | *kaːʔ |
| 估 | *kaːʔ |
| 鈷 | *kaːʔ |
| 詁 | *kaːʔ |
| 牯 | *kaːʔ |
| 故 | *kaːs |
| 固 | *kaːs |
| 稒 | *kaːɡs |
| 痼 | *kaːɡs |
| 錮 | *kaːɡs |
| 鯝 | *kaːɡs |
| 棝 | *kaːɡs |
| 凅 | *kaːɡs |
| 枯 | *kʰaː |
| 軲 | *kʰaː |
| 跍 | *kʰaː |
| 骷 | *kʰaː |
| 苦 | *kʰaːʔ, *kʰaːs |
| 葫 | *qʰaː, *ɡaː |
| 餬 | *ɡaː |
| 瑚 | *ɡaː |
| 湖 | *ɡaː |
| 鶘 | *ɡaː |
| 猢 | *ɡaː |
| 醐 | *ɡaː |
| 糊 | *ɡaː |
| 箶 | *ɡaː |
| 蝴 | *ɡaː |
| 胡 | *ɡaː |
| 瓳 | *ɡaː |
| 怙 | *ɡaːʔ |
| 祜 | *ɡaːʔ |
| 岵 | *ɡaːʔ |
| 婟 | *ɡaːʔ, *ɡaːɡs |
| 楛 | *ɡaːʔ |
| 据 | *ka |
| 裾 | *ka |
| 琚 | *ka |
| 椐 | *ka, *kas, *kʰa |
| 鶋 | *ka |
| 蜛 | *ka |
| 崌 | *ka |
| 涺 | *ka |
| 腒 | *ka, *ɡa |
| 鋸 | *kas |
| 倨 | *kas |
| 踞 | *kas |
| 涸 | *ɡaːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡaː) : phonetic 古 (OC *kaːʔ) + semantic ⺼.
Etymology 1
| trad. | 胡 | |
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- "dewlap"
- A derivative is 鬍 (“beard”) (Schuessler, 2007).
- "steppe nomads"
- Etymology unknown (Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation
Definitions
胡
- (obsolete) wattle; dewlap (fleshy lobe hanging from the head or neck of animals)
- 狼跋其胡，載疐其尾。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Láng bá qí hú, zǎi zhì qí wěi. [Pinyin]
- The wolf springs forward on his dewlap, or trips back on his tail.
狼跋其胡，载疐其尾。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (obsolete) wattle-like object, such as pendent parts on implements
- (literary) how; why; what
- 胡能有定？寧不我顧。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Hú néng yǒu dìng? Níng bù wǒ gù. [Pinyin]
- How can he get his mind settled? Would he then not regard me?
胡能有定？宁不我顾。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]- 式微，式微！胡不歸？ [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Shìwēi, shìwēi! Hú bù guī? [Pinyin]
- Reduced! Reduced! Why not return?
式微，式微！胡不归？ [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (historical) barbarian; a generic term for any non-Han peoples who lived to the north and west of China's borders
- 胡人 ― húrén ― foreigner
- 胡之無弓車也，非無弓車也，夫人而能為弓車也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Rites of Zhou, circa 3rd century BCE
- Hú zhī wú gōngchē yě, fēi wú gōngchē yě, fú rén ér néng wéi gōngchē yě. [Pinyin]
- If one says the Hu / neighbouring peoples have no artificers who are specialised in making bows and carriages, it does not mean there are no bows and carriages; on the contrary, every workman is able to manufacture bows and carriages.
胡之无弓车也，非无弓车也，夫人而能为弓车也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (historical) countries and peoples in the Western Regions, including Persia, Daqin, and in Pre-Tang texts, India
- (by extension) introduced from the northern or western non-Han peoples or from abroad; non-Chinese; foreign; imported
- Short for 胡琴 (húqín, “huqin; general term for two-stringed bowed instruments with origins in the western non-Han peoples”).
- (historical) (～國) State of Hu in the Spring and Autumn Period in modern-day Anhui, conquered by the State of Chu in 496 BCE
- (obsolete) black; dark-skinned
- (obsolete) far; great; senior
- outrageously; recklessly; wildly; foolishly
- a surname
Synonyms
- (why):
Dialectal synonyms of 為什麼 (“why”) [map]
- (barbarian): 番 (fān)
Compounds
Derived terms from 胡
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Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of 胡 – see 鬍 (“beard; moustache; whiskers”). (This character, 胡, is the simplified form of 鬍.) |
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Etymology 3
| For pronunciation and definitions of 胡 – see 衚. (This character, 胡, is the simplified and variant traditional form of 衚.) |
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Etymology 4
| For pronunciation and definitions of 胡 – see 葫 (“garlic”). (This character, 胡, is the second-round simplified form of 葫.) |
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Etymology 5
| For pronunciation and definitions of 胡 – see 猢. (This character, 胡, is the second-round simplified form of 猢.) |
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Etymology 6
| For pronunciation and definitions of 胡 – see 蝴 (“butterfly”). (This character, 胡, is the second-round simplified form of 蝴.) |
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Etymology 7
| For pronunciation and definitions of 胡 – see 糊 (“congee; rice gruel; porridge; to eat gruel to allay one's hunger; etc.”). (This character, 胡, is the second-round simplified form of 糊.) |
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References
- “胡”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese
Kanji
胡
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
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Korean
Hanja
胡 • (ho) (hangeul 호, revised ho, McCune–Reischauer ho, Yale ho)
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Vietnamese
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