忽

忽

忽 U+5FFD, 忽 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5FFD ← 忼 [U+5FFC] CJK Unified Ideographs 忾 → [U+5FFE]

Translingual

Han character

忽 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 心竹心 (PHP), four-corner 2733₂, composition ⿱勿心)

Derived characters

• 𬾠, 唿, 𡝲, 惚, 㧾, 淴, 㺀, 𣇤, 𪲨, 𬊡, 𤙹, 𤦏, 𦜩, 𥇰, 𦁕(𰬦), 𦖟, 𰃒, 𧩓, 鍃,(锪), 𧇰, 𩋚, 䬍(𬲀), 𪍃, 𫜚
• 𢽨, 𪯏, 𭞿, 𪂒, 𫻜, 𡱽, 䓤, 䨚, 𩭳, 𫆒

References

• KangXi: page 378, character 34
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10405
• Dae Jaweon: page 707, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2274, character 9
• Unihan data for U+5FFD

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 忽
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
脗	*minʔ
吻	*mɯnʔ
刎	*mɯnʔ
伆	*mɯnʔ, *mɯd
勽	*buːs, *mɯnʔ
沕	*mrɯd, *mɯd
忽	*hmɯːd
昒	*hmɯːd, *mɯd
惚	*hmɯːd
匫	*hmɯːd
笏	*hmɯːd
曶	*hmɯːd
淴	*ʔmɯːd
物	*mɯd
勿	*mɯd
芴	*mɯd
岉	*mɯd

Historically and academically considered a phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *hmɯːd) : phonetic 勿 (OC *mɯd) + semantic 心 (“heart”). Incorrectly colloquially explained as an ideogrammic compound (會意) : 勿 (“not”) + 心 (“heart”).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		忽
alternative forms		芴

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hū (hu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fat¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fut
• Jin (Wiktionary): huah⁴
• Min Bei (KCR): hŏ
• Min Dong (BUC): hù
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): hut

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hug⁴

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• 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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fat¹
    • Yale: fāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: fed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐt̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fut
    • Hakka Romanization System: fud`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fud⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /fut̚²/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: huah⁴
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /xuaʔ²/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: hŏ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xo²⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hù
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hu⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hut
    • Tâi-lô: hut
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hud
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hut̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hut̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hut̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hut̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hut̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hug⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huk̚²/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 忽
Mandarin	Beijing	/xu⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/xu⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/xu²¹/
	Jinan	/xu²¹³/
	Qingdao	/xu⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/xu²⁴/
	Xi'an	/xu²¹/
	Xining	/xv̩⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/xu¹³/
	Lanzhou	/xu³¹/
	Ürümqi	/xu⁴⁴/
	Wuhan	/xu²¹³/
	Chengdu	/fu³¹/
	Guiyang	/fu²¹/
	Kunming	/xu³¹/
	Nanjing	/xuʔ⁵/
	Hefei	/xuəʔ⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/xuəʔ²/
	Pingyao	/xuʌʔ¹³/
	Hohhot	/xuəʔ⁴³/
Wu	Shanghai	/hoʔ⁵/
	Suzhou	/huəʔ⁵/
	Hangzhou	/hoʔ⁵/
	Wenzhou	/ɕy²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/xuʔ²¹/
	Tunxi	/xu⁵/
Xiang	Changsha	/fu²⁴/
	Xiangtan	/ɸu²⁴/
Gan	Nanchang	/fɨʔ⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/fut̚¹/
	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/fɐt̚⁵/
	Nanning	/fɐt̚⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/fut̚⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/hut̚³²/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/huɔʔ²³/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/xo²⁴/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/huk̚²/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/hut̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /huət̚/

Rime
Character	忽
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	魂 (56)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	呼骨切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/huət̚/
Pan Wuyun	/huot̚/
Shao Rongfen	/xuət̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwət̚/
Li Rong	/xuət̚/
Wang Li	/xuət̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/xuət̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fat1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*m̥ˤut/

  (Zhengzhang): /*hmɯːd/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	忽
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	hū
Middle Chinese	‹ xwot ›
Old Chinese	/*m̥ˁut/
English	careless; confused
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	忽
Reading #	1/1
No.	13211
Phonetic component	勿
Rime group	物
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	忽
Old Chinese	/*hmɯːd/

Definitions

忽

1. suddenly; abruptly
2. to neglect; to ignore
3. a surname

Compounds

一忽 倏忽 (shūhū) 公忽 奄忽 岸忽 忽上忽下 忽剌八 忽剌巴 忽地 (hūdì) 忽微 忽忽 忽怳 忽恍 忽然 (hūrán) 忽略 (hūlüè) 忽的 忽而 (hū'ér) 忽聚忽散 忽荒 忽起忽落 忽雷 (hūléi) 忽高忽低 怠忽 怳忽

恍忽 恍恍忽忽 悠忽 悠悠忽忽 暴忽 杪忽 玩忽 (wánhū) 疏忽 (shūhu) 眇眇忽忽 秒忽 粗忽 罕忽 翕忽 荒忽 行行忽忽 超忽 迷忽忽 陵忽 黑忽忽 (hēihūhū) 一忽兒／一忽儿 倏來忽往／倏来忽往 忽冷忽熱／忽冷忽热 (hūlěnghūrè) 忽喜忽憂／忽喜忽忧

忽忽不樂／忽忽不乐 忽明忽滅／忽明忽灭 忽東忽西／忽东忽西 忽見／忽见 (hūjiàn) 忽視／忽视 (hūshì) 忽閃／忽闪 (hūshǎn) 忽隱忽現／忽隐忽现 忽魯魯／忽鲁鲁 怠忽職守／怠忽职守 恤近忽遠／恤近忽远 沒忽的／没忽的 瞻前忽後／瞻前忽后 禍生於忽／祸生于忽 簡忽／简忽 行蹤飄忽／行踪飘忽 軋忽／轧忽 輕忽／轻忽 (qīnghū) 這忽兒／这忽儿 連朦帶忽／连朦带忽 飄忽／飘忽 (piāohū) 飄忽不定／飘忽不定 (piāohūbùdìng) 驀忽／蓦忽 驀忽間／蓦忽间

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		忽
alternative forms		窟

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fat¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fat¹
    • Yale: fāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: fed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐt̚⁵/

Definitions

忽 (Cantonese)

1. place
2. part

Compounds

一岩一忽

東一忽西一忽／东一忽西一忽

邊忽／边忽

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Japanese

Kanji

忽

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. in a moment
2. instantly
3. all of a sudden
4. neglect
5. disregard

Readings

• On (unclassified): こつ (kotsu)
• Kun: ゆるがせ (yurugase, 忽せ); たちまち (tachimachi, 忽ち)

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Korean

Hanja

忽 • (hol) (hangeul 홀)

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Vietnamese

Han character

忽: Hán Nôm readings: hốt

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