Chinese symbol for “hush”
嘘
xū
Traditional: 噓
to exhale slowly; to hiss; hush!
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hush is 嘘 (xū), defined as: to exhale slowly; to hiss; hush!.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “hush”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 吁 | xū | sh; hush |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 嘘.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 吹嘘 (吹噓) | chuī xū | to brag |
| 嘘声 (噓聲) | xū shēng | hissing sound; to hiss (as a sign of displeasure) |
| 唏嘘 (唏噓) | xī xū | (onom.) to sigh; to sob |
| 嘘嘘 (噓噓) | xū xū | to pee pee (kiddie or feminine slang) |
| 嘘寒问暖 (噓寒問暖) | xū hán wèn nuǎn | to enquire solicitously about sb's well-being (idiom); to pamper |
| 自我吹嘘 (自我吹噓) | zì wǒ chuī xū | to blow one's own horn (idiom) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hush”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.