互

See also: 亙

Translingual

Han character

互 (radical 7 二+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 一女弓一 (MVNM), four-corner 1010₇, composition ⿱一彑)

1. mutually, reciprocally

References

• KangXi: page 86, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 255
• Dae Jaweon: page 178, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 14, character 1
• Unihan data for U+4E92

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		互

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hù (hu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: hù
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˋ
    • Wade-Giles: hu⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huh
    • IPA ^(key): /xu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu⁶
    • Yale: wuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /wuː²²/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (互, reconstructed)
Character (互), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 匣 (33) Final: 模 Division: I			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 胡誤切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ɦuoH/	/ɣuoH/	/ɣoH/	/ɦuoH/	/ɦɔH/	/ɣuH/	/ɣoH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (互, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
互								hù								‹ huH ›								/*m-qˤaʔ-s/								intertwining
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					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
互					5288					互					魚					0					護					/*ɡaːs/

Definitions

1. mutual

Compounds

• 互動 interactive
• 互相 each other
• 互助 help each other
• 互粉 follow or friend each other (e.g. on an online social media site)
• 共荣互利 benefit mutually and prosper together

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Japanese

Kanji

互

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. mutually, reciprocally

Readings

• Goon: ご (go)
• Kan’on: こ (ko) (non-Jōyō reading)
• Kun: たがい (tagai)

Compounds

Compounds

相互 (そうご, sōgo) 互角 (ごかく, gokaku) 交互 (こうご, kōgo)

互換 (ごかん, gokan) 互選 (ごせん, gosen) 互助 (ごじょ, gojo)

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Korean

Hanja

互 (ho) (hangeul 호, revised ho, McCune-Reischauer ho)

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Vietnamese

Han character

互 (hỗ, hổ)

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References

• Nom Foundation