Read Edit View history Discussion 胡 hú HSK5 beard Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 古 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "flesh under the chin of a cow", which later shifted to "beard" (now written as 鬍 in traditional characters). Also used pejoratively to refer to foreigners from central Asia, who tended to have more beards than Han Chinese people. This meaning also shifted to "reckless" and "outrageous". Pinyin Separate values with commas hú × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 胡 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 衚 ×鬍 ×胡 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 胡 Simp strokes 胡 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint ⺼ is a component form of 肉. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 胡 Simp strokes 胡 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 胡 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 133, 563 ], [ 164, 558 ], [ 223, 562 ], [ 417, 610 ], [ 480, 614 ] ], [ [ 307, 837 ], [ 343, 801 ], [ 350, 783 ], [ 299, 443 ], [ 278, 420 ] ], [ [ 142, 394 ], [ 165, 378 ], [ 181, 355 ], [ 220, 180 ] ], [ [ 193, 397 ], [ 219, 387 ], [ 335, 416 ], [ 373, 419 ], [ 385, 414 ], [ 408, 391 ], [ 385, 299 ], [ 361, 284 ] ], [ [ 238, 217 ], [ 254, 233 ], [ 355, 253 ], [ 418, 246 ] ], [ [ 543, 727 ], [ 574, 702 ], [ 580, 690 ], [ 587, 638 ], [ 588, 496 ], [ 581, 394 ], [ 566, 299 ], [ 541, 214 ], [ 496, 124 ], [ 435, 47 ], [ 394, 7 ], [ 346, -28 ] ], [ [ 603, 723 ], [ 614, 714 ], [ 635, 712 ], [ 778, 743 ], [ 806, 728 ], [ 822, 709 ], [ 831, 170 ], [ 824, 75 ], [ 806, 49 ], [ 795, 51 ], [ 682, 108 ] ], [ [ 614, 510 ], [ 629, 523 ], [ 695, 536 ], 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303 225 416 235 Q 426 236 428 246 Q 428 253 405 268 L 353 277 Q 349 277 345 275 Q 281 257 230 247 C 201 241 204 210 234 211 Z", "M 599 368 Q 599 371 600 372 Q 607 430 611 503 L 612 533 Q 615 680 617 690 C 618 713 618 713 593 724 Q 553 743 540 740 Q 521 736 537 714 Q 576 653 559 409 Q 553 310 504 192 Q 471 108 355 -9 Q 342 -22 338 -28 Q 337 -35 348 -35 Q 364 -34 383 -19 Q 444 24 479 67 Q 533 130 562 199 Q 584 259 595 337 L 599 368 Z", "M 617 690 Q 623 691 631 694 Q 689 704 745 717 Q 770 721 775 709 Q 805 619 795 192 Q 791 108 784 97 Q 778 90 758 95 Q 727 104 694 113 Q 670 122 672 111 Q 736 50 772 7 Q 788 -15 805 -21 Q 815 -25 825 -14 Q 873 40 872 104 Q 857 293 851 600 Q 850 667 865 697 Q 880 719 865 732 Q 840 753 798 770 Q 776 779 717 750 Q 672 735 593 724 C 563 719 588 683 617 690 Z", "M 611 503 Q 612 503 617 503 Q 687 513 738 518 Q 763 522 753 536 Q 743 551 715 556 Q 669 562 612 533 C 585 520 581 503 611 503 Z", "M 595 337 Q 596 337 601 337 Q 683 346 744 351 Q 769 354 761 368 Q 751 384 724 390 Q 693 396 599 368 C 570 360 565 337 595 337 Z" ] } 9 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.