# 噓

| 噓 | U+5653, &#22099; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5653 |
| ← 噒 [U+5652] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 噔 → [U+5654] |

## Translingual

| Japanese | 嘘 |
| Simplified | 嘘 |
| Traditional | 噓 |

### Han character

噓 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 口卜心一 (RYPM), four-corner 6101$_7$, composition ⿰口虛)

#### Derived characters

* 𭌗

#### Related characters

* 嘘 (Simplified Chinese)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 209, character 15
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4206
* Dae Jaweon: page 429, character 8
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 675, character 12
* Unihan data for U+5653

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 噓
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 唬 | *qʰraːs, *kʷraːɡ |
| 戲 | *qʰral, *qʰrals, *qʰaː |
| 巇 | *qʰra |
| 隵 | *qʰra |
| 嚱 | *qʰras |
| 盧 | *b·raː |
| 鑪 | *raː |
| 壚 | *raː |
| 籚 | *raː |
| 蘆 | *raː, *ra |
| 顱 | *b·raː |
| 髗 | *b·raː |
| 鱸 | *raː |
| 攎 | *raː |
| 櫨 | *raː |
| 轤 | *raː |
| 黸 | *raː |
| 獹 | *raː |
| 鸕 | *raː |
| 艫 | *raː |
| 纑 | *raː |
| 瀘 | *raː |
| 瓐 | *raː |
| 爐 | *raː |
| 嚧 | *raː |
| 矑 | *b·raː |
| 罏 | *raː |
| 蠦 | *raː |
| 虜 | *raːʔ |
| 擄 | *raːʔ |
| 艣 | *raːʔ |
| 鐪 | *raːʔ |
| 虖 | *qʰaː, *qʰʷa, *qʰaː, *qʰʷa |
| 虍 | *qʰaː |
| 雐 | *qʰʷlaː |
| 虎 | *qʰlaːʔ |
| 琥 | *qʰlaːʔ |
| 萀 | *qʰlaːʔ |
| 臚 | *b·ra |
| 廬 | *ra |
| 驢 | *b·ra |
| 藘 | *ra |
| 爈 | *ra, *ras |
| 櫖 | *ra, *ras |
| 儢 | *raʔ |
| 慮 | *ras |
| 勴 | *ras |
| 鑢 | *ras |
| 濾 | *ras |
| 攄 | *r̥ʰa |
| 處 | *kʰljaʔ, *kʰljas |
| 豦 | *kas, *ɡa |
| 據 | *kas |
| 鐻 | *kas, *ɡa, *ɡaʔ |
| 澽 | *kas, *ɡas |
| 虛 | *kʰa, *qʰa |
| 墟 | *kʰa |
| 懅 | *ɡa |
| 蘧 | *ɡa, *ɡʷa |
| 籧 | *ɡa |
| 醵 | *ɡa, *ɡas, *ɡaɡ |
| 璩 | *ɡa |
| 虡 | *ɡaʔ |
| 遽 | *ɡas |
| 勮 | *ɡas |
| 噓 | *qʰa, *qʰas |
| 驉 | *qʰa |
| 歔 | *qʰa |
| 魖 | *qʰa |
| 膚 | *pla |
| 虧 | *kʰʷral |
| 噱 | *ɡaɡ |
| 臄 | *ɡaɡ |
| 劇 | *ɡaɡ |
| 諕 | *qʰʷraːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰa, *qʰas) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 虛 (OC *kʰa, *qʰa) – to exhale, blow out from the mouth. Note that 虛／虚 (xū) means empty, void, hence connotations of “empty via the mouth”.

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xū (xu$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): heoi$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xū
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄩ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: syu
*** Wade–Giles: hsü$^1$
*** Yale: syū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiu
*** Palladius: сюй (sjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕy⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: heoi$^1$
*** Yale: hēui
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hoey$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hêu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɵy̯⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: xjo, xjoH
Rime :
| Character | 噓 | 噓 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 曉 (32) | 曉 (32) |
| Final (韻) | 魚 (22) | 魚 (22) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 朽居切 | 許御切 |
| Baxter | xjo | xjoH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /hɨʌ/ | /hɨʌ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /hiɔ/ | /hiɔ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /xiɔ/ | /xiɔ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /hɨə̆/ | /hɨə̆$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /xiɔ/ | /xiɔ$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /xĭo/ | /xĭo$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /xi̯wo/ | /xi̯wo$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xū | xù |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | heoi$^1$ | heoi$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*qʰa/, /*qʰas/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 噓 | 噓 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 5270 | 5274 |
| Phonetic component | 虍 | 虍 |
| Rime group | 魚 | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 虚 | 噓 |
| Old Chinese | /*qʰa/ | /*qʰas/ |

#### Definitions

噓
* to slowly exhale
* to sigh; to lament
* to praise; to flatter
* to heat by steam or fire

##### Compounds

* 不勝唏噓／不胜唏嘘
* 冷噓噓／冷嘘嘘
* 吁噓
* 吹噓／吹嘘 (chuīxū)
* 呼噓／呼嘘
* 唏噓／唏嘘 (xīxū)
* 喘噓噓／喘嘘嘘
* 噓吸／嘘吸
* 噓唏／嘘唏
* 噓寒問暖／嘘寒问暖 (xūhánwènnuǎn)
* 噓枯吹生／嘘枯吹生
* 大肆吹噓／大肆吹嘘
* 自我吹噓／自我吹嘘

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shī (shi$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄕ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shī
*** Zhuyin: ㄕ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shih
*** Wade–Giles: shih$^1$
*** Yale: shr̄
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shy
*** Palladius: ши (ši)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

噓
* (Mandarin, interjection) hush! shh!

#### Synonyms

* (hush): (Cantonese) 𭉝

### Pronunciation 3

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xū (xu$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): heoi$^1$ / hoe$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xū
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄩ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: syu
*** Wade–Giles: hsü$^1$
*** Yale: syū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiu
*** Palladius: сюй (sjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕy⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: heoi$^1$ / hoe$^1$
*** Yale: hēui / hēu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hoey$^1$ / hoe$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hêu$^1$ / hê$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɵy̯⁵⁵/, /hœː⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

噓
* hooting; boo; disapproval sound
* to boo
* (as an interjection) boo!

#### Synonyms

* (to boo): 喝倒彩 (hèdàocǎi)

#### Compounds

* 噓聲／嘘声 (xūshēng)

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00681
* “噓”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese

| Shinjitai (extended) | 嘘 |
| Kyūjitai | 噓 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 嘘)
* lie, falsehood

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): きょ (kyo)
* Kun: ふく (fuku, 噓く)、うそ (uso, 噓)

### Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 噓 – see the following entry. :
| 【嘘】H | [kanji] hyōgai kanji [kanji] Extended shinjitai form of 噓: lie; falsehood Kanji reading: こ, きょ, うそ, はく, ふく |
(This term, 噓, is the kyūjitai of the above term.) :

## Korean
### Hanja

噓 • (heo) (hangeul 허, revised heo, McCune–Reischauer hŏ)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

噓: Hán Nôm readings: hờ, hư
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#### References

* Nom Foundation