胡 hú beard; mustache; whiskers; barbarian
Made up of [古 gǔ ancient , 月 yuè moon; month radical 74]Alternative traditional form of character: 鬍
Made with 9 strokes.
'Ancient' provides rough phonetic
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Also uses 古 gǔ component: 故 gù (happening) 固 gù (hard) 姑 gū (paternal aunt) 估 gū (estimate) 湖 hú (lake) 居 jū (to reside) 克 kè (to be able to) 苦 kǔ (bitter)
Also uses 月 yuè component: 胆 dǎn (the gall) 服 fú (clothes) 肝 gān (liver) 湖 hú (lake) 胶 jiāo (to glue) 明 míng (bright) 能 néng (to be able to) 朋 péng (friend) 朋 péng (friend) 期 qī (phase) 前 qián (front) 青 qīng (green) 散 sàn (to scatter) 胜 shèng (victory) 隋 suí (Sui) 阴 yīn (yin) 有 yǒu (have) 朝 zhāo (dynasty)
Sounds same
湖 hú (lake)Different tone
乎 hū (at) 虍 hū (tiger) 虎 hǔ (tiger) 戶 hù (door) 户 hù (door)Pronunciation
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