hú​hu

indistinct

hu, hú muddled, paste

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
rice
Sound component
beard

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthuCə.[g]ˤa
(~ *C.[g]ˤa; no pre-Qín exx.)
to paste (v.)

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart