虖
hū

to cry

A tiger's 虍 roar 乎; 乎 also provides the pronunciation

Components

虍
虍 Meaning component
hū tiger
乎
乎 SoundMeaning component
hu, hū interrogative or exclamatory final particle

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

罅

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

滹

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqʰaː
qʰʷa
qʰaː
qʰʷa

說文解字

哮虖也。从虍𠀒聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)