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虖
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to cry

HSK 10
Communication →Language
hū
コ、ク、ケイ、キョウ
ほ.える
A tiger's 虍 roar 乎; 乎 also provides the pronunciation
Components
虍 tiger (top)+ 乎 ooh! =
虖 to cry
虍 Meaning component
hū tiger (top)
tiger
乎 Meaning component
hū ooh!
interrogative or exclamatory final particle
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Notes
Similar Characters
卢 rice vessel (simp)慮 ponder (trad/jp)盧 Louvre (trad)虏 to capture (simp)虑 be concerned (simp)虚 void (simp)虛 false (trad)虜 take captive (jp)豦 Wild A Wild Boar雐 a type of bird鬳 boiler虐 despotic虘 虞 concerned about呼 shout烀 simmer轷 Hu (surname) (simp)
Historical Evolution
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
Clerical
Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
虖
Regular
Modern
Chinese
虖 [hū]
to exhale; to call; scream of tiger
Example Sentences