呼 — Chinese character
呼
hū
to breathe, to exhale, to sigh; to call, to shout
- Pinyin
- hū
- Radical
- 30 ⼝ (Mouth)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 口 乎
- Formation
- pictophonetic — mouth; meaning component 口; sound component 乎
- Japanese
- 呼 as a kanji
Common words with 呼
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 呼吁 (呼籲) | hū yù | to call on (sb to do sth); to appeal (to) |
| 呼吸 | hū xī | to breathe |
| 称呼 (稱呼) | chēng hu | to call; to address as; form of address; appellation |
| 欢呼 (歡呼) | huān hū | to cheer for; to acclaim |
| 呼唤 (呼喚) | hū huàn | to call out (a name etc); to shout |
| 呼声 (呼聲) | hū shēng | a shout; fig. opinion or demand, esp. expressed by a group |
| 打招呼 | dǎ zhāo hu | to greet sb by word or action; to give prior notice |
| 招呼 | zhāo hu | to call out to; to greet |
| 呼叫 | hū jiào | to shout; to yell |
| 高呼 | gāo hū | to shout loudly |
| 呼应 (呼應) | hū yìng | to conform (with); to echo |
| 呼喊 | hū hǎn | to shout (slogans etc) |
English words written with 呼
呼 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 1 · Art of War 1 · Mencius 1 · Zhuangzi 10
- Analects 3.6
- Art of War 9.32
- Mencius 7A.36
- Zhuangzi The Tao of God
- Zhuangzi Self-Conceit
- Zhuangzi Mountain Trees
- Zhuangzi Contingencies
- Zhuangzi On Declining Power
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