呼

See also: 呯 and 謼

呼	U+547C, 呼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-547C

← 呻
[U+547B]

CJK Unified Ideographs

命 →
[U+547D]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

呼 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 口竹火木 (RHFD), four-corner 6204₉, composition ⿰口乎)

References

KangXi: page 183, character 14

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3471

Dae Jaweon: page 402, character 14

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 605, character 2

Unihan data for U+547C

Chinese

simp. and trad.		呼

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
罅	*qʰraːs
呼	*qʰaː
軤	*qʰaː
苸	*qʰaː
嘑	*qʰaː
歑	*qʰaː
謼	qʰaː, qʰaːs
滹	*qʰaː
乎	*ɢaː
虖	qʰaː, qʰʷa, qʰaː, qʰʷa
嫭	*ɢaːs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qʰaː) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 乎 (OC *ɢaː) – to exhale, call, or shout from the mouth.

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): hū (hu¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨ
(Chengdu, SP): fu¹
Cantonese (Jyutping): fu¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fû
Min Dong (BUC): hù / kŭ
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): ho͘ / kho͘
(Teochew, Peng'im): hu¹ / u¹ / hou¹ / kou¹
Wu (Wiktionary): hu (T1)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hū
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hu
  - Wade–Giles: hu¹
  - Yale: hū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hu
  - Palladius: ху (xu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: fu¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: fu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fu¹
  - Yale: fū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fû
  - Hakka Romanization System: fu´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fu¹
  - Sinological IPA: /fu²⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: hù / kŭ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hu⁵³/, /kʰu⁵⁵/

Note:

hù - literary;
kŭ - vernacular.

Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ho͘ / kho͘
  - Tâi-lô: hoo / khoo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hof, qof
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ⁴⁴/, /kʰɔ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ³³/, /kʰɔ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ⁴⁴/, /kʰɔ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔ⁴⁴/, /kʰɔ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ⁴⁴/, /kʰɔ⁴⁴/

Note:

ho͘ - literary;
kho͘ - vernacular.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hu¹ / u¹ / hou¹ / kou¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hu / u / hou / khou
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hu³³/, /u³³/, /hou³³/, /kʰou³³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: hu (T1)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hv̩ʷ⁵³/

Middle Chinese: /huo/

Rime
Character	呼
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	荒烏切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/huo/
Pan Wuyun	/huo/
Shao Rongfen	/xo/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɔ/
Li Rong	/xo/
Wang Li	/xu/
Bernard Karlgren	/xuo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fu¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*qʰˤa/, /*qʰˤa-s/
(Zhengzhang): /*qʰaː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	呼	呼
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	hū	hù
Middle Chinese	‹ xu ›	‹ xu^H ›
Old Chinese	/*qʰˁa/	/*qʰˁa-s/
English	call out, shout	call out, shout
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	呼
Reading #	1/1
No.	5181
Phonetic component	乎
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	呼
Old Chinese	/*qʰaː/

Definitions

呼

to breathe out; to exhale; to sigh
to shout; to yell
to call (someone); to address
(onomatopoeia, of wind) howling
(Chinese phonetics) medial; in Middle Chinese: being open-mouthed (開口／开口) or closed-mouthed (合口), also called 開合／开合); or, for modern Chinese: one of four medials (四呼)

Antonyms

(to breathe out): 吸 (xī)

Compounds

Derived terms from 呼

上呼吸道 (shànghūxīdào)
人工呼吸 (réngōng hūxī)
吆呼
合口呼 (hékǒuhū)
吹呼
呼三喝四
呼之欲出 (hūzhīyùchū)
呼叫 (hūjiào)
呼叫器 (hūjiàoqì)
呼叱
呼吸 (hūxī)
呼吸作用 (hūxī zuòyòng)
呼吸器 (hūxīqì)
呼吸器官
呼吸孔
呼吸根
呼吸相通 (hūxīxiāngtōng)
呼吸道 (hūxīdào)
呼吸音 (hūxīyīn)
呼吼 (hūhǒu)
呼呼 (hūhū)
呼呼大睡
呼哨 (hūshào)
呼喊 (hūhǎn)
呼喝
呼噪
呼奴使婢
呼庚呼癸
呼拉圈 (hūlāquān)
呼拉舞
呼搧
呼救 (hūjiù)
呼朋引伴
呼蚩 (hūchī)
咋呼
喳呼
嚾呼
四呼 (sìhū)
外呼吸
大呼 (dàhū)
大呼小叫
大呼小喊
大呼隆
山呼
嵩呼
庚癸之呼
打呼 (dǎhū)
打招呼 (dǎ zhāohū)
扯呼
招呼 (zhāohū)

招呼站
振臂一呼 (zhènbìyīhū)
振臂高呼
撮口呼 (cuōkǒuhū)
攘臂一呼
有氧呼吸
深呼吸 (shēnhūxī)
疾呼
登高一呼
直呼其名
肺呼吸
腹式呼吸
蔫呼呼
邪呼
高呼 (gāohū)
麻麻呼呼
呼么喝六
喝六呼么
瞎扎呼
一呼再諾／一呼再诺
一呼百應／一呼百应 (yīhūbǎiyìng)
一呼百諾／一呼百诺
一命嗚呼／一命呜呼 (yīmìngwūhū)
三呼萬歲／三呼万岁
傳呼／传呼 (chuánhū)
傳呼機／传呼机 (chuánhūjī)
內呼吸／内呼吸
八方呼應／八方呼应
前呼後應／前呼后应
前呼後擁／前呼后拥 (qiánhūhòuyǒng)
千呼萬喚／千呼万唤 (qiānhūwànhuàn)
同類相呼／同类相呼
呼倫池／呼伦池
呼兄喚弟／呼兄唤弟
呼名叫陣／呼名叫阵
呼吸吐納／呼吸吐纳
呼吸系統／呼吸系统 (hūxī xìtǒng)
呼吸運動／呼吸运动
呼喚／呼唤 (hūhuàn)
呼嘯／呼啸 (hūxiào)
呼噓／呼嘘
呼嚕／呼噜 (hūlū)
呼圖克圖／呼图克图 (hūtúkètú)
呼天搶地／呼天抢地 (hūtiān-qiāngdì)
呼家將／呼家将
呼張喚李／呼张唤李
呼應／呼应 (hūyìng)
呼朋引類／呼朋引类
呼氣／呼气 (hūqì)

呼牛作馬／呼牛作马
呼牛呼馬／呼牛呼马
呼瑪／呼玛 (Hūmǎ)
呼畢勒罕／呼毕勒罕
呼盧／呼卢
呼盧喝雉／呼卢喝雉
呼籲／呼吁 (hūyù)
呼紅叫六／呼红叫六
呼聲／呼声 (hūshēng)
呼蘭／呼兰 (Hūlán)
呼蘭河／呼兰河 (Hūlánhé)
呼號／呼号 (hūháo)
呼語／呼语 (hūyǔ)
呼風喚雨／呼风唤雨 (hūfēnghuànyǔ)
呼麥／呼麦 (hūmài)
喝雉呼盧／喝雉呼卢
嗎呼／吗呼
嗚呼／呜呼 (wūhū)
嗚呼哀哉／呜呼哀哉 (wūhū'āizāi)
圖呼其／图呼其 (Túhūqí)
大呼過癮／大呼过瘾
大聲疾呼／大声疾呼 (dàshēngjíhū)
引類呼朋／引类呼朋
後擁前呼／后拥前呼
愴地呼天／怆地呼天
愴天呼地／怆天呼地
打呼嚕／打呼噜 (dǎ hūlu)
搶呼／抢呼
搶地呼天／抢地呼天
於呼哀哉／于呼哀哉
歡呼／欢呼 (huānhū)
歡呼雷動／欢呼雷动
氣呼呼／气呼呼 (qìhūhū)
烏呼／乌呼
熱呼呼／热呼呼
燕語鶯呼／燕语莺呼
疾聲大呼／疾声大呼
稱呼／称呼 (chēnghū)
見兔呼狗／见兔呼狗
語笑喧呼／语笑喧呼
謊喳呼／谎喳呼
讙呼／欢呼
開口呼／开口呼 (kāikǒuhū)
阿呼地獄／阿呼地狱
韓市呼天／韩市呼天
順風而呼／顺风而呼
驚呼／惊呼 (jīnghū)
鼓掌歡呼／鼓掌欢呼
齊齒呼／齐齿呼 (qíchǐhū)

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiāo (xiao¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siao
  - Wade–Giles: hsiao¹
  - Yale: syāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiau
  - Palladius: сяо (sjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

呼

^† Alternative form of 詨／𰵦 (xiào, “to shout”).

Pronunciation 3

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xū (xu¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xū
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syu
  - Wade–Giles: hsü¹
  - Yale: syū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiu
  - Palladius: сюй (sjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵⁵/

Definitions

呼

^† Alternative form of 吁 (xū, “sigh (expression of fatigue)”).

Pronunciation 4

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hè (he⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hè
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hè
  - Wade–Giles: ho⁴
  - Yale: hè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: heh
  - Palladius: хэ (xɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ⁵¹/

Definitions

呼

^† Expression of anger.

Pronunciation 5

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xià (xia⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xià
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sià
  - Wade–Giles: hsia⁴
  - Yale: syà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiah
  - Palladius: ся (sja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjä⁵¹/

Definitions

呼

^‡ Alternative form of 罅 (xià, “crack; rift”).

Japanese

Kanji

呼

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

call
call out to
invite

Readings

Go-on: く (ku)
Kan-on: こ (ko, Jōyō)
Kun: よぶ (yobu, 呼ぶ, Jōyō)

Compounds

呼(こ)格(かく) (kokaku): vocative case

Kanji in this term
呼
こ Grade: 6
kan’on

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Kan’on

IPA^(key): [ko̞]

Affix

呼(こ) • (ko)

to breathe out; to exhale; to sigh
to shout; to yell
to call (someone); to address

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 呼 (MC huo). Recorded as Middle Korean 호 (hwo) (Yale: hwo) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɸʷo̞]
Phonetic hangul: [호]

Hanja

Wikisource呼 (eumhun 부를 호 (bureul ho))

Hanja form^? of 호 (“to call; to shout”).
Hanja form^? of 호 (“to exhale; to breathe out”).

Compounds

호소(呼訴) (hoso)
호응(呼應) (ho'eung)
호칭(呼稱) (hoching)
호출(呼出) (hochul)
호명(呼名) (homyeong)
환호(歡呼) (hwanho)
환호성(歡呼聲) (hwanhoseong)
호흡(呼吸) (hoheup)
호흡기(呼吸器) (hoheupgi)

References

국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

呼: Hán Nôm readings: hô, há, hao, hào

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