胡

See also: 楜, 衚, and 鬍

胡	U+80E1, 胡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-80E1

← 胠
[U+80E0]

CJK Unified Ideographs

胢 →
[U+80E2]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

胡 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 十口月 (JRB), four-corner 4762₀, composition ⿰古月(GJKV) or ⿰古⺼(HT))

Derived characters

𪝍, 㗅, 𡎁, 媩, 𢰮, 湖, 猢, 楜, 煳, 瑚, 𥔓, 糊, 蝴, 𧛞, 䠒, 醐, 鍸, 䩴, 餬(𫗫), 鰗(𬶞), 𪍒, 𪐉, 𪕱, 𤭱, 𮍂, 鶘(鹕), 𪕮, 衚, 𢉢, 葫, 㾰, 箶, 鬍, 𡹹, 𧍵, 𨡷, 𩀉, 䭌, 鶦(𫛷), 𧛫, 𮠐

References

KangXi: page 979, character 12
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29400
Dae Jaweon: page 1431, character 4
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2056, character 8
Unihan data for U+80E1

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 胡
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
箇	*kaːls
個	*kaːls
居	kɯ, kas
橭	kaː, kʰaː
嫴	*kaː
姑	*kaː
辜	*kaː
酤	kaː, kaːs, *ɡaːʔ
蛄	*kaː
鴣	*kaː
沽	kaː, kaːʔ, *kaːs
盬	kaː, kaːʔ
古	*kaːʔ
罟	*kaːʔ
估	*kaːʔ
鈷	*kaːʔ
詁	*kaːʔ
牯	*kaːʔ
故	*kaːs
固	*kaːs
稒	*kaːɡs
痼	*kaːɡs
錮	*kaːɡs
鯝	*kaːɡs
棝	*kaːɡs
凅	*kaːɡs
枯	*kʰaː
軲	*kʰaː
跍	*kʰaː
骷	*kʰaː
苦	kʰaːʔ, kʰaːs
葫	qʰaː, ɡaː
餬	*ɡaː
瑚	*ɡaː
湖	*ɡaː
鶘	*ɡaː
猢	*ɡaː
醐	*ɡaː
糊	*ɡaː
箶	*ɡaː
蝴	*ɡaː
胡	*ɡaː
瓳	*ɡaː
怙	*ɡaːʔ
祜	*ɡaːʔ
岵	*ɡaːʔ
婟	ɡaːʔ, ɡaːɡs
楛	*ɡaːʔ
据	*ka
裾	*ka
琚	*ka
椐	ka, kas, *kʰa
鶋	*ka
蜛	*ka
崌	*ka
涺	*ka
腒	ka, ɡa
鋸	*kas
倨	*kas
踞	*kas
涸	*ɡaːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡaː) : phonetic 古 (OC *kaːʔ) + semantic ⺼.

Etymology 1

trad.		胡
simp. ^#		胡

"dewlap": A derivative is 鬍 (“beard”) (Schuessler, 2007).

"steppe nomads": Etymology unknown (Schuessler, 2007).

interrogative word ("what; why; how"): Cognate with 何 (OC *ɡaːl, “what; where; why; how”), Tibetan ག་ན (ga na, “where; how”), Tibetan ག་རུ (ga ru, “to where”) (Schuessler, 2007). See 何 (hé) for more.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): hú (hu²)
(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ
(Chengdu, SP): fu²
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): wu⁴
(Taishan, Wiktionary): vu³
Gan (Wiktionary): fu⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): fù
(Meixian, Guangdong): fu²
Jin (Wiktionary): hu¹
Min Bei (KCR): ǔ
Min Dong (BUC): hù
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): ô͘ / hô͘
(Teochew, Peng'im): hu⁵ / ou⁵
Wu (Wiktionary): hhu (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hú
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hú
  - Wade–Giles: hu²
  - Yale: hú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwu
  - Palladius: ху (xu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: fu²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: fu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wu⁴
  - Yale: wùh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wu⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: wu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: vu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /vu²²/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: fu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fù
  - Hakka Romanization System: fuˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fu²
  - Sinological IPA: /fu¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: fu²
  - Sinological IPA: /fu¹¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: hu¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /xu¹¹/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ǔ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: hù
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hu⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ô͘ / hô͘
  - Tâi-lô: ôo / hôo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oo, hoo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɔ²⁴/, /hɔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔ²⁴/, /hɔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔ¹³/, /hɔ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɔ²⁴/, /hɔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔ²³/, /hɔ²³/

Note:

ô͘ - vernacular (incl. surname);
hô͘ - literary.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hu⁵ / ou⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hû / ôu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hu⁵⁵/, /ou⁵⁵/

Note:

hu5 - literary;
ou5 - surname.

Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: hhu (T3)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɦv̩ʷ²³/

Middle Chinese: /ɦuo/

Rime
Character	胡
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	戸吳切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦuo/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦuo/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣo/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦɔ/
Li Rong	/ɣo/
Wang Li	/ɣu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣuo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wu⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ˤa/
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡaː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	胡
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	hú
Middle Chinese	‹ hu ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ]ˁa/
English	foreigners in the north
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	胡
Reading #	1/1
No.	4255
Phonetic component	古
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	胡
Old Chinese	/*ɡaː/

Definitions

胡

(obsolete) wattle; dewlap (fleshy lobe hanging from the head or neck of animals)
- 狼跋其胡，載疐其尾。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
  狼跋其胡，载疐其尾。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Láng bá qí hú, zǎi zhì qí wěi. [Pinyin]
  The wolf springs forward on his dewlap, or trips back on his tail.
(obsolete) wattle-like object, such as pendent parts on implements
(literary) how; why; what
- 胡能有定？寧不我顧。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
  胡能有定？宁不我顾。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Hú néng yǒu dìng? Níng bù wǒ gù. [Pinyin]
  How can he get his mind settled? Would he then not regard me?
- 式微，式微！胡不歸？ [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
  式微，式微！胡不归？ [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Shìwēi, shìwēi! Hú bù guī? [Pinyin]
  Reduced! Reduced! Why not return?
- 然胡不嘗考之聖王之事？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  然胡不尝考之圣王之事？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Mozi, c. 4^th century BCE
  Rán hú bù cháng kǎo zhī shèngwáng zhī shì? [Pinyin]
  Again, why not let us inquire into the deeds of the sage-kings?
(historical) barbarian; a generic term for any non-Han peoples who lived to the north and west of China's borders
胡人 ― húrén ― foreigner
- 胡之無弓車也，非無弓車也，夫人而能為弓車也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  胡之无弓车也，非无弓车也，夫人而能为弓车也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Rites of Zhou, circa 3^rd century BCE
  Hú zhī wú gōngchē yě, fēi wú gōngchē yě, fú rén ér néng wéi gōngchē yě. [Pinyin]
  If one says the Hu / neighbouring peoples have no artificers who are specialised in making bows and carriages, it does not mean there are no bows and carriages; on the contrary, every workman is able to manufacture bows and carriages.
(historical) countries and peoples in the Western Regions, including Persia, Daqin, and in Pre-Tang texts, India
(by extension) introduced from the northern or western non-Han peoples or from abroad; non-Chinese; foreign; imported
胡桃 ― hútáo ― walnut
胡蘿蔔／胡萝卜 ― húluóbo ― carrot
Short for 胡琴 (húqín, “huqin; general term for two-stringed bowed instruments with origins in the western non-Han peoples”).
二胡 ― èrhú ― erhu
板胡 ― bǎnhú ― banhu
(historical) (～國) State of Hu in the Spring and Autumn Period in modern-day Anhui, conquered by the State of Chu in 496 BCE
(obsolete) black; dark-skinned
(obsolete) far; great; senior
outrageously; recklessly; wildly; foolishly
胡說／胡说 ― húshuō ― to talk nonsense
胡搞 ― húgǎo ― to mess around
a surname
胡錦濤／胡锦涛 ― Hú Jǐntāo ― Hu Jintao, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China from 2002 to 2012

Synonyms

(why):

Dialectal synonyms of 為什麼 (“why”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		何為, 何以, 何, 何故, 緣何, 胡, 奚, 曷, 胡為
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		為什麼, 為何, 因何, 何以
Mandarin	Beijing	為什麼, 幹嗎, 幹什麼
	Taiwan	為什麼
	Tianjin	為嘛
	Harbin	為啥
	Yantai (Muping)	為麼, 為麼個
	Jinan	為麼兒, 為麼, 幹麼兒, 為什麼
	Xi'an	為啥, 因啥
	Yinchuan	為啥
	Lanzhou	為啥
	Xining	為啥
	Ürümqi	為啥
	Wuhan	做麼事, 為麼事
	Chengdu	為啥子, 做啥子
	Guiyang	為哪樣, 為些哪樣
	Guilin	為什麼
	Liuzhou	為什麼
	Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine)	為什麼
	Xuzhou	為啥, 擁啥, 擁什麼
	Yangzhou	甚們事, 做事, 做啥, 為甚們 formal
	Nanjing	為什麼
	Hefei	怎搞, 怎搞的
	Malaysia	為什麼, 做什麼, 做麼
	Singapore	為什麼, 做什麼, 做麼
Cantonese	Guangzhou	點解, 做乜, 做乜嘢, 為乜, 為乜為物, 做乜事幹, 因乜事幹, 因乜解究, 因乜緣故, 何解, 乜, 咩
	Hong Kong	點解, 做乜, 做乜嘢, 做咩, 為乜, 為咩, 做乜事幹, 因乜事幹, 因乜解究, 因乜緣故, 何解, 乜, 咩
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	做乜嘢
	Macau	為乜嘢
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	點解
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	整乜嘢
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	做乜嘢
	Foshan	點解
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	點解
	Foshan (Shunde)	為乜嘢
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	因乜嘢, 點解
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	為乜嘢
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	為乜嘢
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	點解
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	點解
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	點解
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	幾解
	Taishan	幾何, 幾解, 做乜, 為乜, 乜頭路
	Kaiping (Chikan)	幾解
	Enping (Niujiang)	做乜, 幾解
	Heshan (Yayao)	幾解
	Dongguan	點解, 做乜嘢, 做乜, 為乜嘢
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	點解
	Yangjiang	為乜, 為乜事, 做乜, 做乜事, 做乜嘢
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	為物底
	Qinzhou	為乜嘢, 為乜
	Qinzhou (Xiniujiao)	為乜底
	Beihai	為乜嘢
	Beihai (Nankang)	做乜嘢
	Beihai (Yingpan)	為乜底
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	做乜嘢, 為乜
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	做乜嘢
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	做乜嘢, 為乜
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	點解
	Singapore (Guangfu)	點解
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	做乜嘢
	Móng Cái	點解, 為乜
	Yangon (Taishan)	幾解
Gan	Nanchang	為什哩
Gan	Pingxiang	為咋個, 為咋哩, 做咋個, 做咋哩, 何解
Hakka	Meixian	做麼個
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	做乜計, 做乜嘢, 仰解
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	做麼個
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	做麼個
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	做麼個
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	做麼個
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	做麼個
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	做麼個
Jin	Taiyuan	為甚, 因為甚, 幹什
Jin	Xinzhou	𠰻們
Min Bei	Jian'ou	為孰事, 做孰事
Min Dong	Fuzhou	蔣其, 蔣講, 做什乇, 做什名, 幹乜勢, 傒勢
	Changle	傒勢
	Fuqing	介計
	Yongtai	蔣其
	Gutian	做什乇
	Fu'an	做乜乇
	Ningde	做乇
	Shouning	做呢乇
	Zhouning	做乜乇
	Fuding	做哪乇
	Matsu	為什乇, 蔣其, 蔣講, 做什乇, 傒勢
Min Nan	Xiamen	為甚物, 按怎, 物代, 敢咧, 創甚物
	Quanzhou	按怎, 物代
	Jinjiang	為啥物
	Zhangzhou	按怎
	Zhao'an	為甚物
	Dongshan	為甚物
	Taipei	為啥物, 是按怎
	Penang (Hokkien)	何物事, 做物事, 做物
	Singapore (Hokkien)	按怎
	Manila (Hokkien)	敢哪, 敢哪誌
	Chaozhou	做呢
	Shantou	做呢
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	做呢
	Singapore (Teochew)	做呢
	Leizhou	做乜, 因乜
	Wenchang	作乜, 因乜, 怎作
	Haikou	作乜, 作個乜, 作乜物, 因乜, 因個乜
	Singapore (Hainanese)	作乜
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	做門, 做哪門, 為哪門
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	為什個
Wu	Shanghai	啥體, 為啥, 啥講究, 啥個講究, 啥個路道, 啥個緣故
	Shanghai (Chongming)	為何, 做何
	Suzhou	為啥, 為點啥, 做啥, 啥體, 為啥體
	Danyang	為點高, 做點高
	Hangzhou	為啥
	Wenzhou	妝乜, 為何呢, 為乜事幹
	Jinhua	為淡事幹, 為待西
Xiang	Changsha	為麼子, 何解
	Loudi	嗎介
	Shuangfeng	為麼子, 做麼子

(barbarian): 番 (fān)

Descendants

→ English: Hu, Hoo, Wu, Woo, Oh

Compounds

Derived terms from 胡

一地胡拿
一派胡言 (yīpàihúyán)
三胡 (Sānhú)
中胡 (zhōnghú)
二胡 (èrhú)
五胡 (Wǔhú)
京二胡 (jīng'èrhú)
京胡 (jīnghú)
八大胡同
南胡 (nánhú)
四胡 (sìhú)
妢胡
安胡
封胡羯末
封胡遏末
小胡桃
崔胡 (Cuīhú)
平胡
截胡 (jiéhú)
打夜胡
打胡哨
打花胡哨
打野胡
托胡拉 (Tuōhúlā)
旋胡
板胡 (bǎnhú)
柴胡 (cháihú)
椰胡 (yēhú)
死胡同
石胡荽 (shíhúsuī)
碧眼胡 (Bìyǎnhú)
碰碰胡
老臊胡
胡三
胡二巴越
胡人 (Húrén)
胡伶
胡侃
胡匪
胡同
胡哨 (húshào)
胡嘈
胡天胡地
胡天胡帝
胡姑姑
胡子
胡家塘 (Hújiātáng)
胡床 (húchuáng)
胡弄局
胡志明市 (Hú Zhìmíng Shì)
胡思
胡想
胡打海摔
胡扯 (húchě)
胡拉混扯
胡搞 (húgǎo)
胡敲
胡旋舞 (húxuánwǔ)
胡服 (húfú)
胡枝子
胡柴
胡桃 (hútáo)
胡桃仁 (hútáorén)
胡桃木
胡桃科
胡桃肉 (hútáoròu)
胡桐 (hútóng)
胡梯 (hútī)
胡椒 (hújiāo)

胡混
胡渰
胡牌
胡猜
胡琴 (húqín)
胡瓜 (húguā)
胡秦
胡突
胡笳 (hújiā)
胡粉 (húfěn)
胡羼
胡耈
胡臭
胡荽 (húsuī)
胡蔓草
胡蔓藤
胡蜂 (húfēng)
胡行
胡言 (húyán)
胡豆 (húdòu)
胡越
胡越一家
胡遮刺
胡集 (Hújí)
胡雕刺
胡麻 (húmá)
胡麻油 (húmáyóu)
花藜胡哨
茈胡
角胡
跋胡疐尾
躐胡
迷胡
酒胡
雕胡米
高胡 (gāohú)
鬼胡油
鬼胡由
麻胡
伊于胡底
胡云
亂棒胡敲／乱棒胡敲
五胡亂華／五胡乱华 (Wǔhúluànhuá)
信口胡說／信口胡说
信嘴胡說／信嘴胡说
劉胡／刘胡 (Liúhú)
吹風胡哨／吹风胡哨
喬做胡為／乔做胡为
嚨胡／咙胡
對對胡／对对胡
掩口盧胡／掩口卢胡
掩口胡盧／掩口胡卢
東胡／东胡 (Dōnghú)
歐胡島／欧胡岛
滿口胡柴／满口胡柴
滿口胡說／满口胡说
獑胡／𰡔胡
發胡／发胡
盧胡／卢胡
秋胡戲妻／秋胡戏妻
秋胡變文／秋胡变文
粵胡／粤胡 (yuèhú)
縵胡／缦胡
肝膽胡越／肝胆胡越
胡亂／胡乱 (húluàn)
胡作非為／胡作非为 (húzuòfēiwéi)
胡來／胡来 (húlái)
胡做喬為／胡做乔为
胡兒／胡儿 (hú'ér)

胡吹亂滂／胡吹乱滂
胡吹亂謅／胡吹乱诌
胡吹大氣／胡吹大气
胡唚／胡吣
胡噴／胡喷
胡嚕／胡噜
胡場／胡场 (Húchǎng)
胡塗／胡涂
胡家營／胡家营 (Hújiāyíng)
胡寧／胡宁
胡廝哄／胡厮哄
胡廝混／胡厮混
胡廝纏／胡厮缠
胡思亂想／胡思乱想 (húsīluànxiǎng)
胡思亂量／胡思乱量
胡掄混鬧／胡抡混闹
胡撥四／胡拨四 (húbōsì)
胡撲掩／胡扑掩
胡撲搭／胡扑搭
胡擄／胡掳
胡擄忙亂／胡掳忙乱
胡攪／胡搅 (hújiǎo)
胡攪蠻纏／胡搅蛮缠 (hújiǎománchán)
胡支對／胡支对
胡支扯葉／胡支扯叶
胡桃夾子／胡桃夹子 (hútáojiāzi)
胡桃鉗／胡桃钳
胡楊／胡杨 (húyáng)
胡樂／胡乐
胡歌野調／胡歌野调
胡為／胡为 (húwéi)
胡盧／胡卢 (húlú)
胡盧提／胡卢提
胡纏／胡缠
胡胡盧盧／胡胡卢卢
胡藍之獄／胡蓝之狱
胡蘿蔔／胡萝卜 (húluóbo)
胡蘿蔔素／胡萝卜素 (húluóbosù)
胡虜／胡虏 (húlǔ)
胡蝶夢／胡蝶梦
胡行亂作／胡行乱作
胡裡胡塗／胡里胡涂
胡言亂語／胡言乱语 (húyánluànyǔ)
胡言漢語／胡言汉语 (húyánhànyǔ)
胡話／胡话 (húhuà)
胡語／胡语
胡說／胡说 (húshuō)
胡說亂語／胡说乱语
胡說亂道／胡说乱道
胡說八道／胡说八道 (húshuōbādào)
胡說散道／胡说散道
胡說白道／胡说白道
胡謅／胡诌 (húzhōu)
胡講／胡讲
胡賴／胡赖
胡鋪搭／胡铺搭
胡頹子／胡颓子
胡風／胡风
胡餅／胡饼 (húbǐng)
胡馬／胡马
胡騎／胡骑 (húqí)
胡鬧／胡闹 (húnào)
花裡胡哨／花里胡哨 (huālihúshào)
螹胡／𰳂胡
賈胡／贾胡
阿胡拉·馬茲達／阿胡拉·马兹达 (Āhúlā Mǎzīdá)
風胡子／风胡子
馬骨胡／马骨胡 (mǎgǔhú)
麻胡著臉／麻胡著脸

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 胡 – see 鬍 (“beard; moustache; whiskers”). (This character, 胡, is the simplified form of 鬍.)
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 胡 – see 衚. (This character, 胡, is the simplified and variant traditional form of 衚.)
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 胡 – see 葫 (“garlic”). (This character, 胡, is the second-round simplified form of 葫.)
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 5

For pronunciation and definitions of 胡 – see 猢. (This character, 胡, is the second-round simplified form of 猢.)
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 6

For pronunciation and definitions of 胡 – see 蝴 (“butterfly”). (This character, 胡, is the second-round simplified form of 蝴.)
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 7

For pronunciation and definitions of 胡 – see 糊 (“congee; rice gruel; porridge; to eat gruel to allay one's hunger; etc.”). (This character, 胡, is the second-round simplified form of 糊.)
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

References

“胡”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

胡

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

Go-on: ぐ (gu); ご (go)
Kan-on: こ (ko)
Tō-on: う (u)
Kun: えびす (ebisu, 胡); なんぞ (nanzo, 胡ぞ)

Compounds

胡人(こじん) (kojin)
胡瓜(きゅうり) (kyūri)
胡弓(こきゅう) (kokyū)
胡座(あぐら) (agura)
胡椒(こしょう) (koshō)
胡散臭(うさんくさ)い (usankusai)

Korean

Hanja

胡 • (ho) (hangeul 호, revised ho, McCune–Reischauer ho, Yale ho)

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Vietnamese

Han character

胡: Hán Nôm readings: hồ, hò, ha

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