胡

See also: 楜, 衚, and 鬍

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

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

References

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

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 胡
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (古) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
箇	*kaːls
個	*kaːls
居	*kɯ, *kas
橭	*kaː, *kʰaː
嫴	*kaː
姑	*kaː
辜	*kaː
酤	*kaː, *kaːs, *ɡaːʔ
蛄	*kaː
鴣	*kaː
沽	*kaː, *kaːʔ, *kaːs
盬	*kaː, *kaːʔ
古	*kaːʔ
罟	*kaːʔ
估	*kaːʔ
鈷	*kaːʔ
詁	*kaːʔ
牯	*kaːʔ
故	*kaːs
固	*kaːs
稒	*kaːɡs
痼	*kaːɡs
錮	*kaːɡs
鯝	*kaːɡs
棝	*kaːɡs
凅	*kaːɡs
枯	*kʰaː
軲	*kʰaː
跍	*kʰaː
骷	*kʰaː
苦	*kʰaːʔ, *kʰaːs
葫	*qʰaː, *ɡaː
餬	*ɡaː
瑚	*ɡaː
湖	*ɡaː
鶘	*ɡaː
猢	*ɡaː
醐	*ɡaː
糊	*ɡaː
箶	*ɡaː
蝴	*ɡaː
胡	*ɡaː
瓳	*ɡaː
怙	*ɡaːʔ
祜	*ɡaːʔ
岵	*ɡaːʔ
婟	*ɡaːʔ, *ɡaːɡs
楛	*ɡaːʔ
据	*ka
裾	*ka
琚	*ka
椐	*ka, *kas, *kʰa
鶋	*ka
蜛	*ka
崌	*ka
涺	*ka
腒	*ka, *ɡa
鋸	*kas
倨	*kas
踞	*kas
涸	*ɡaːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡaː) : phonetic 古 (OC *kaːʔ) + semantic ⺼.

Etymology 1

trad.		胡
simp. #		胡

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Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 胡

1. ^† wattle; dewlap (fleshy lobe hanging from the head or neck of animals)
   1. ^† wattle-like object, such as pendent parts on implements
2. ^† how; why; what
3. (historical) barbarian; a generic term for any non-Han peoples who lived to the north and west of China's borders
   1. (historical) countries and peoples in the Western Regions, including Persia, Daqin, and in Pre-Tang texts, India
   2. (by extension) introduced from the northern or western non-Han peoples or from abroad; non-Chinese; foreign; imported
   3. (music) Short for 胡琴 (húqín, “huqin; general term for two-stringed bowed instruments with origins in the western non-Han peoples”).
4. (historical) (～國) State of Hu in the Spring and Autumn Period in modern-day Anhui, conquered by the State of Chu in 496 BCE
5. ^† black; dark-skinned
6. ^† far; great; senior
7. outrageously; recklessly; wildly; foolishly
8. a surname

   胡錦濤／胡锦涛  ―  Hú Jǐntāo  ―  Hu Jintao

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 胡 – see 鬍 (“beard”). (This character is the simplified form of 鬍).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 胡 – see 衚 (“alley”). (This character is the simplified and variant traditional form of 衚).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 胡 – see 葫 (“garlic”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 葫).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 5

For pronunciation and definitions of 胡 – see 猢. (This character is the second-round simplified form of 猢).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 6

For pronunciation and definitions of 胡 – see 蝴 (“butterfly”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 蝴).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 7

For pronunciation and definitions of 胡 – see 糊 (“congee; rice gruel; porridge; to eat gruel to allay one's hunger; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 糊).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Kanji

胡

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ぐ (gu)、ご (go)
• Kan-on: こ (ko)
• Tō-on: う (u)
• Kun: えびす (ebisu, 胡)、なんぞ (nanzo, 胡ぞ)

Compounds

• 胡人(こじん) (kojin)
• 胡瓜(きゅうり) (kyūri)
• 胡弓(こきゅう) (kokyū)
• 胡座(あぐら) (agura)
• 胡椒(こしょう) (koshō)
• 胡散臭(うさんくさ)い (usankusai)

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Korean

Hanja

胡 • (ho) (hangeul 호, revised ho, McCune–Reischauer ho, Yale ho)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 胡 (hồ, hò, ha)

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