胡

hú

Radical: ⺼ pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

胡 decomposes into the following components:

古 ⺼

Semantic component: ⺼; phonetic component: 古.

Words containing 胡

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 胡.

东胡
dōng hú
Eastern barbarian
二胡
èr hú
erhu (Chinese 2-string fiddle)
五胡
wǔ hú
five non-Han people, namely: Huns or Xiongnu 匈奴[Xiong1 nu2], Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑[Xian1 bei1], Jie 羯[Jie2], Di 氐[Di1], Qiang 羌[Qiang1], esp. in connection with the Sixteen Kingdoms 304-439 五胡十六國|五胡十六国[wu3 hu2 shi2 liu4 guo2]
京胡
jīng hú
jinghu, a smaller, higher-pitched erhu 二胡 (two-stringed fiddle) used to accompany Chinese opera
含胡
hán hu
四胡
sì hú
坠胡
zhuì hú
板胡
bǎn hú
a bowed stringed instrument with a thin wooden soundboard
柴胡
chái hú
模胡
mó hu
variant of 模糊[mo2 hu5]
羯胡
jié hú
Jie people, originally a branch of the Tokhara 月支[Yue4 zhi1]
胡乐
hú yuè
Hu music

Related characters (radical ⺼)

Characters that share the radical ⺼.

⺼ 冑 朊 肉 肋 肌 肓 肖 肘 肙 肚 肛 肜 肝 肟 肠 股 肢 肤 肥 肩 肪 肫 肭

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