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)
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:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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… |