胡 hú beard; mustache; whiskers; barbarian
Made up of [古 gǔ ancient , 月 yuè moon; month radical 74]Alternative traditional form of character: 鬍
Made with 9 strokes.
'Ancient' provides rough phonetic
Related characters
Also uses 古 gǔ component: 故 gù (happening) 固 gù (hard) ; 姑 gū (paternal aunt) ; 估 gū (estimate) ; 湖 hú (lake) ; 居 jū (to reside) ; 克 kè (to be able to) ; 苦 kǔ (bitter)
Also uses 月 yuè component: 胆 dǎn (the gall) 服 fú (clothes) ; 肝 gān (liver) ; 湖 hú (lake) ; 胶 jiāo (to glue) ; 明 míng (bright) ; 能 néng (to be able to) ; 朋 péng (friend) ; 朋 péng (friend) ; 期 qī (phase) ; 前 qián (front) ; 青 qīng (green) ; 散 sàn (to scatter) ; 胜 shèng (victory) ; 隋 suí (Sui) ; 阴 yīn (yin) ; 有 yǒu (have) ; 朝 zhāo (dynasty)
Sounds same
湖 hú (lake)Different tone
乎 hū (at) ; 虍 hū (tiger) ; 虎 hǔ (tiger) ; 戶 hù (door) ; 户 hù (door)Pronunciation
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胡锦涛 Hu Jintao胡耀邦 Hu Yaobang
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胡子 hú zi beard胡桃 hú táo walnut