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唬

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a tiger's roar; to scare; to intimidate; (coll.) to fool; to bluff

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Strokes
11
Radical
口 +8
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
唬
Common rank
#3,929
Unicode
U+552C

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Formation & memory

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How 唬 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

口 meaning “mouth” + 虎 sound ( hǔ )

Components 口 虎

How to remember it

bluff · Heisig RSH #2911

口 mouth + 虎 tiger

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 唬

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
唬人 hǔ rén to scare people; to bluff; to deceive
唬弄 hǔ nòng to fool; to deceive
唬烂 hǔ làn (slang) (Tw) to bullshit; to fool
诈唬 zhà hu to bluff; to bluster; to intimidate
吓唬 xià hu to scare; to frighten