胡

See also 楜, 衚, and 鬍

Translingual

Han character

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

1. recklessly; foolishly
2. wildly
3. (archaic) a generic term for any peoples who lived outside of China's borders (particularly to the north and west)
4. Chinese family name
5. a Barbarian fiddle (as in erhu)

References

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

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Cantonese

Hanzi

胡 (Yale wu4)

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Japanese

Kanji

胡

Readings

• On: こ (ko), ご (go), う (u)
• Kun: なんぞ (nanzo), えびす (ebisu)

Compounds

胡人 胡瓜 胡弓 胡座 胡椒 胡散臭い

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Korean

Hanja

胡 (hangeul 호, revised ho, McCune-Reischauer ho, Yale ho)

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Mandarin

Adverb

胡 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin hú)

1. (literary) foolishly; wildly

Noun

胡 (simplified, Pinyin hú, traditional 鬍)

1. (literary) beard; mustache

Noun

胡 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin hú)

1. (literary) alley; lane

Alternative forms

• 衚

Noun

胡 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin hú)

1. (literary) chili pepper

Alternative forms

• 楜

Noun

胡 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin hú)

1. (archaic) barbarian; a generic term for any peoples who lived outside of China's borders (particularly to the north and west)

Proper noun

胡 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin hú)

1. a Chinese surname, surname of president of the PRC - Hu Jintao (trad. 胡錦濤, simpl. 胡锦涛 (pinyin: Hú Jǐntāo))

Compounds

• 胡琴
• 胡子
• 二胡
• 角胡
• 高胡
• 京胡
• 马骨胡
• 椰胡
• 中胡
• 胡桃
• 胡桃肉
• 胡桃仁

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Min Nan

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ hɔ˧˥ ]

Adjective

胡 (traditional and simplified, POJ hô·)

1. (literary) foolish

Proper noun

胡 (traditional and simplified, POJ hô·)

1. (archaic) a generic term for any peoples who lived outside of China's borders (particularly to the north and west)

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Vietnamese

Han character

胡 (hồ, hò, ha)