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呼

to call; to cry; to shout; to breath out; to exhale

8 strokes Dict coverage rank #758 U+547C

How 呼 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

口 (semantic, “mouth”) + 乎 (phonetic, hū)

components: 口 乎

How to remember it

shout · Heisig RSH #1164

口 mouth + 乎 ooh!

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 乎

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 乎 (hū) — compare how they read:

CharacterPinyinMeaning
乎 sound component hū interrogative or exclamatory final particle
烀 hū to simmer, to cook over a slow fire
轷 hū surname

Words containing 呼

WordPinyinMeaning
大呼拉尔 Dà hū lā ěr State Great Khural or Great State Assembly, Mongolian parliament
呼中区 Hū zhōng Qū Huzhong, a district of Daxing'anling Prefecture 大興安嶺地區|大兴安岭地区[Da4 xing1 an1 ling3 Di4 qu1]…
呼牛作马 hū niú zuò mǎ to call sth a cow or a horse (idiom); it doesn't matter what you call it; Insult me if you…
传呼电话 chuán hū diàn huà neighborhood telephone, with sb in charge of notifying others when they receive a call
呼兰区 Hū lán Qū Hulan, a district of Harbin City 哈爾濱市|哈尔滨市[Ha1 er3 bin1 Shi4], Heilongjiang
一呼百应 yī hū bǎi yìng (idiom) (of a call) to elict an enthusiastic response; to receive extensive approval
传呼机 chuán hū jī pager; beeper
登高一呼 dēng gāo yī hū to make a clarion call; to make a public appeal
二级头呼吸器 èr jí tóu hū xī qì (scuba diving) regulator; demand valve
备用二级头呼吸器 bèi yòng èr jí tóu hū xī qì (scuba diving) backup regulator; octopus
呼中 Hū zhōng see 呼中區|呼中区[Hu1 zhong1 Qu1]
点头招呼 diǎn tóu zhāo hū beckon
呼机 hū jī pager
呼气 hū qì to breathe out
高呼 gāo hū to shout loudly
呼出 hū chū to exhale; to breathe out; to make an outgoing call; (computing) to bring up (a menu, sear…
人工呼吸 rén gōng hū xī artificial respiration (medicine)
打呼 dǎ hū to snore
呼吸调节器 hū xī tiáo jié qì regulator (diving)
直呼其名 zhí hū qí míng to address sb directly by name; to address sb by name without using an honorific title (in…