吁 — Chinese character
吁
xū
alas; to sigh
- Pinyin
- xū
- Radical
- 30 ⼝ (Mouth)
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- 口 于
- Formation
- pictophonetic — mouth; meaning component 口; sound component 于
- Traditional
- 籲
- Japanese
- 吁 as a kanji
Common words with 吁
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 呼吁 (呼籲) | hū yù | to call on (sb to do sth); to appeal (to) |
| 气喘吁吁 (氣喘吁吁) | qì chuǎn xū xū | to pant; to gasp for breath |
| 吁请 (籲請) | yù qǐng | to implore; to entreat |
| 喘吁吁 | chuǎn xū xū | to puff and blow |
| 长吁短叹 (長吁短嘆) | cháng xū duǎn tàn | long moan and short gasp (idiom); continually moaning and groaning in pain |
| 吁吁 | xū xū | to pant; to gasp for breath |
| 欷吁 | xī xū | variant of 唏嘘 (xī xū) |
| 气吁吁 (氣吁吁) | qì xū xū | to pant; to gasp for breath |
English words written with 吁
吁 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 1
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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