互

互

See also: 亙

互 U+4E92, 互 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E92 ← 云 [U+4E91] CJK Unified Ideographs 亓 → [U+4E93]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

互 (Kangxi radical 7, 二+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 一女弓一 (MVNM), four-corner 1010₇, composition ⿱一彑)

Derived characters

• 冱 仾 沍 坘 枑 䊺 魱 𦊂 䇘

References

• KangXi: page 86, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 255
• Dae Jaweon: page 178, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 14, character 1
• Unihan data for U+4E92

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		互

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 互
Small seal script s03386 s03387 Transcribed ancient scripts L20734 L20735 L20736
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (互) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
魱	*ɡaː
互	*ɡaːs
冱	*ɡaːs
枑	*ɡaːs

Pictogram (象形) . A spool to wind up rope (like a modern garden hose spool). Original character for 䇘

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hù (hu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): fu

  (Meixian, Guangdong): fu¹

• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): hō͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hu⁵ / hu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hù
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hù
    • Wade–Giles: hu⁴
    • Yale: hù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huh
    • Palladius: ху (xu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu⁶
    • Yale: wuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fu
    • Hakka Romanization System: fu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /fu⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: fu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /fu⁴⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō͘
    • Tâi-lô: hōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ho
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hu⁵ / hu⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hû / hŭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hu⁵⁵/, /hu³⁵/

Note:

• hu5 - Chaozhou;
• hu6 - Shantou.

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• Middle Chinese: /ɦuo^H/

Rime
Character	互
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	胡誤切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦuoH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦuoH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣoH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦɔH/
Li Rong	/ɣoH/
Wang Li	/ɣuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣuoH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wu6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*m-qˤaʔ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaːs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	互
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	hù
Middle Chinese	‹ huH ›
Old Chinese	/*m-qˁaʔ-s/
English	intertwining
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	互
Reading #	1/1
No.	5288
Phonetic component	互
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	護
Old Chinese	/*ɡaːs/

Definitions

互

1. mutually; reciprocally
2. mutual
3. crisscrossing; intertwining
4. ^† Alternative form of 䇘 (hù, “a tool to wind up cord”).
5. ^† Alternative form of 枑 (hù, “wooden rack”).
6. ^† error; mistake
7. ^† gate
8. ^† crustacean
9. a surname

Usage notes

• 互 (hù) usually modifies a verb of one syllable, while its negative 互不 usually modifies a verb of two.

Compounds

互不侵犯 互保 互信 (hùxìn) 互切互磋 互利 (hùlì) 互助 (hùzhù, “to help each other”) 互助合作 互勉 (hùmiǎn) 互定 互市 (hùshì) 互惠 (hùhuì) 互物 互生 互用 互相 (hùxiāng, “each other”) 互粉 (hùfěn, “to follow or friend each other”) 互角 互通 (hùtōng) 交互作用 平等互惠

犬牙差互 相互 (xiānghù) 相互作用 (xiānghù zuòyòng) 舛互 首尾乖互 互不相讓／互不相让 互別苗頭／互别苗头 互助會／互助会 (hùzhùhuì) 互動／互动 (hùdòng, “interactive”) 互動媒體／互动媒体 互動式／互动式 (hùdòngshì) 互惠原則／互惠原则 互惠關稅／互惠关税 互感應／互感应 (hùgǎnyìng) 互換／互换 (hùhuàn) 互毆／互殴 (hù'ōu) 互異／互异 互相為謀／互相为谋 (hùxiāngwéimóu) 互補／互补 (hùbǔ) 互補色／互补色 (hùbǔsè)

互見／互见 (hùjiàn) 互訓／互训 互託肝膽／互托肝胆 互調／互调 (hùdiào) 互讓／互让 (hùràng) 互質／互质 (hùzhì) 互通有無／互通有无 互選／互选 互鄉／互乡 仁智互見／仁智互见 共榮互利／共荣互利 (“to benefit mutually and prosper together”) 利弊互見／利弊互见 反目互毆／反目互殴 瑕瑜互見／瑕瑜互见 盤互／盘互 社會互動／社会互动 (shèhuì hùdòng) 輪互／轮互 轚互／𰺟互 館際互借／馆际互借

Pronunciation

• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): hō͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hou⁷

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō͘
    • Tâi-lô: hōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ho
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hou⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hōu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou¹¹/

Definitions

互

1. (Min Nan) Alternative form of 予.

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Japanese

Kanji

互

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. mutually, reciprocally

Readings

• Go-on: ご (go, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: こ (ko)
• Kun: たがい (tagai, 互い, Jōyō)^{←たがひ (tagafi, historical)}

Compounds

Compounds

• 相(そう)互(ご) (sōgo)
• 互(ご)角(かく) (gokaku)
• 交(こう)互(ご) (kōgo)
• 互(ご)換(かん) (gokan)
• 互(ご)選(せん) (gosen)
• 互(ご)助(じょ) (gojo)

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Korean

Hanja

互 (eum 호 (ho))

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Vietnamese

Han character

互: Hán Nôm readings: hỗ, hổ

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References

• Nom Foundation