吁 meaning and pronunciation

Simplified/traditional character

吁 English definition

  • sh
  • hush

HSK levels


Characters with the same pronunciation

  • : breathe on; yawn; roar;
  • : to exhale slowly; to hiss; hush!;
  • : ruins; (literary) village; variant of 圩[xu1]; country fair;
  • : (dialect) elder sister (old);
  • : mistress, concubine; weak;
  • : 11th earthly branch: 7-9 p.m., 9th solar month (8th October-6th November), year of the Dog;
  • : dawn;
  • : to blow or breathe upon to smile;
  • : to snort;
  • : anxious; stare;
  • : fine silk;
  • : fine silk;
  • : all; assist; to store;
  • : emptiness; void; abstract theory or guiding principles; empty or unoccupied; diffident or timid; false; humble or modest; (of health) weak; virtual; in vain;
  • : to boast; great; large;
  • : (literary) ability and wisdom; scheme; stratagem;
  • : bolt of a Chinese lock;
  • : to require; to need; to want; necessity; need;
  • : To be
  • : to have to; must; to wait;
  • : black; see 黑魖魖[hei1 xu1 xu1];

Words containing 吁, by HSK level