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歔
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blow through nose

HSK 10
Human →Actions →Movement
xū
キョ
すすりな.く
허
Components
虚 void+ 欠 deficient =
歔 blow through nose
虚 Phonetic component
xū void
false
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欠 Meaning component
qiàn deficient
owe, lack, be deficient
breathe
Notes
Similar Characters
嘘 exhale (simp)墟 high mound覷 peep at (trad)觑 peep (simp)魖 black (alt)坎 hump嵌 fall欻 abrupt欽 think highly of (trad)欿 discontented炊 cook砍 chop肷 area between waist芡 plant allied to钦 admire (simp)飲 beverage (trad/jp)饮 drink (simp)欢 joy (simp)歌 song歡 joyous (trad)
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
歔
Regular
Modern
Chinese
歔 [xū]
to snort
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (1)
欷歔 [xī​xū]
(onom.) to sob
JAPANESE WORDS (3)
すすり泣き [すすりなき] #19,400
sobbing
歔欷 [きょき] #104,129
sobbing
欷歔 [ききょ] #184,404
sobbing