嘘

to exhale slowly; to hiss; hush!

14 strokes Dict coverage rank #3,425 U+5618

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

口 (semantic, “mouth”) + 虚 (phonetic, xū)

components: 口虚

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 虚

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 虚 (xū) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
虚 sound component	xū	false; worthless, hollow, empty; vain
觑	qù	to peep, to watch, to spy on
墟	xū	high mound; hilly countryside; wasteland
歔	xū	to snort, to blow through the nose
魖	xū	black

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
发嘘声	fā xū shēng	to hiss (as a sign of displeasure)
自我吹嘘	zì wǒ chuī xū	to blow one's own horn (idiom)
嘘寒问暖	xū hán wèn nuǎn	to enquire solicitously about sb's well-being (idiom); to pamper
嘘声	xū shēng	hissing sound; to hiss (as a sign of displeasure)
吹嘘	chuī xū	to brag
喘嘘嘘	chuǎn xū xū	variant of 喘吁吁[chuan3 xu1 xu1]
嘘嘘	xū xū	to pee pee (kiddie or feminine slang)
唏嘘	xī xū	(onom.) to sigh; to sob