# 胡

| 胡 | U+80E1, &#32993; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-80E1 |
| ← 胠 [U+80E0] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 胢 → [U+80E2] |

## Translingual
### Han character

胡 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 十口月 (JRB), four-corner 4762$_0$, composition ⿰古月(GJKV) or ⿰古⺼(HT))

#### Derived characters

* 𪝍, 㗅, 𡎁, 媩, 𢰮, 湖, 猢, 楜, 煳, 瑚, 𥔓, 𧛞, 糊, 蝴, 䠒, 醐, 鍸, 䩴, 餬(𫗫), 鰗(𬶞), 𪍒(𱋟), 𪐉, 𪕱
* 𤭱, 𮍂, 鶘(鹕), 𪕮, 葫, 箶, 鬍, 𢉢, 㾰, 𡹹, 𧍵, 𨡷, 𩀉, 䭌, 鶦(𫛷), 衚, 𧛫, 𮠐

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 979, character 12
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29400
* Dae Jaweon: page 1431, character 4
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2056, character 8
* Unihan data for U+80E1

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 胡 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 箇 | *kaːls |
| 個 | *kaːls |
| 居 | *kɯ, *kas |
| 橭 | *kaː, *kʰaː |
| 嫴 | *kaː |
| 姑 | *kaː |
| 辜 | *kaː |
| 酤 | *kaː, *kaːs, *ɡaːʔ |
| 蛄 | *kaː |
| 鴣 | *kaː |
| 沽 | *kaː, *kaːʔ, *kaːs |
| 盬 | *kaː, *kaːʔ |
| 古 | *kaːʔ |
| 罟 | *kaːʔ |
| 估 | *kaːʔ |
| 鈷 | *kaːʔ |
| 詁 | *kaːʔ |
| 牯 | *kaːʔ |
| 故 | *kaːs |
| 固 | *kaːs |
| 稒 | *kaːɡs |
| 痼 | *kaːɡs |
| 錮 | *kaːɡs |
| 鯝 | *kaːɡs |
| 棝 | *kaːɡs |
| 凅 | *kaːɡs |
| 枯 | *kʰaː |
| 軲 | *kʰaː |
| 跍 | *kʰaː |
| 骷 | *kʰaː |
| 苦 | *kʰaːʔ, *kʰaːs |
| 葫 | *qʰaː, *ɡaː |
| 餬 | *ɡaː |
| 瑚 | *ɡaː |
| 湖 | *ɡaː |
| 鶘 | *ɡaː |
| 猢 | *ɡaː |
| 醐 | *ɡaː |
| 糊 | *ɡaː |
| 箶 | *ɡaː |
| 蝴 | *ɡaː |
| 胡 | *ɡaː |
| 瓳 | *ɡaː |
| 怙 | *ɡaːʔ |
| 祜 | *ɡaːʔ |
| 岵 | *ɡaːʔ |
| 婟 | *ɡaːʔ, *ɡaːɡs |
| 楛 | *ɡaːʔ |
| 据 | *ka |
| 裾 | *ka |
| 琚 | *ka |
| 椐 | *ka, *kas, *kʰa |
| 鶋 | *ka |
| 蜛 | *ka |
| 崌 | *ka |
| 涺 | *ka |
| 腒 | *ka, *ɡa |
| 鋸 | *kas |
| 倨 | *kas |
| 踞 | *kas |
| 涸 | *ɡaːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡaː) : phonetic 古 (OC *kaːʔ) + semantic ⺼.

### Etymology 1
#### "dewlap"

    A derivative is 鬍 (“beard”) (Schuessler, 2007).

#### "steppe nomads"

    Etymology unknown (Schuessler, 2007).

#### interrogative word ("what; why; how")

    Cognate with 何 (OC *ɡaːl, “what; where; why; how”), Tibetan ག་ན (ga na, “where; how”), Tibetan ག་རུ (ga ru, “to where”) (Schuessler, 2007). See 何 (hé) for more.

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): hú (hu$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): fu$^2$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): wu$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): vu$^3$
* Gan (Wiktionary): fu$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): fù
    (Hailu, HRS): fu
    (Meixian, Guangdong): fu$^2$
* Jin (Wiktionary): hu$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): ǔ
* Eastern Min (BUC): hù
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hou$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): ô͘ / hô͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hu$^5$ / ou$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$wu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hú
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hú
*** Wade–Giles: hu$^2$
*** Yale: hú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwu
*** Palladius: ху (xu)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: fu$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: fu
*** Sinological IPA : /fu²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wu$^4$
*** Yale: wùh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wu$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /wuː²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: vu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /vu²²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: fu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /fu³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fù
*** Hakka Romanization System: fu$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: fu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /fu¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: fu
*** Sinological IPA: /fu⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: fu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /fu¹¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: hu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /xu¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ǔ
*** Sinological IPA : /u²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: hù
*** Sinological IPA : /hu⁵³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: hou$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɔu¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ô͘ / hô͘
*** Tâi-lô: ôo / hôo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: oo, hoo
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ɔ²⁴/, /hɔ²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔ²⁴/, /hɔ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔ¹³/, /hɔ¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ɔ²⁴/, /hɔ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔ²³/, /hɔ²³/
* ô͘ - vernacular (incl. surname);
* hô͘ - literary.
* Middle Chinese: hu
Rime :
| Character | 胡 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 模 (23) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 戸吳切 |
| Baxter | hu |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦuo/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦuo/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣo/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦɔ/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣo/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ɣuo/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | hú |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | wu$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ˤa/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaː/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 胡 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | hú |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ hu › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ɡ]ˁa/ |
| English | foreigners in the north |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 胡 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 4255 |
| Phonetic component | 古 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 胡 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡaː/ |

#### Definitions

胡
* (obsolete) wattle; dewlap (fleshy lobe hanging from the head or neck of animals)
    From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Láng bá qí hú, zǎi zhì qí wěi. [Pinyin]
    The wolf springs forward on his dewlap, or trips back on his tail.
* (obsolete) wattle-like object, such as pendent parts on implements
* (literary) how; why; what
    From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Hú néng yǒu dìng? Níng bù wǒ gù. [Pinyin]
    How can he get his mind settled? Would he then not regard me?
    From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Shìwēi, shìwēi! Hú bù guī? [Pinyin]
    Reduced! Reduced! Why not return?
    From: Mozi, c. 4th century BCE
    Rán hú bù cháng kǎo zhī shèngwáng zhī shì? [Pinyin]
    Again, why not let us inquire into the deeds of the sage-kings?
* (historical) barbarian; a generic term for any non-Han peoples who lived to the north and west of China's borders
    胡人 ― húrén ― foreigner
    From: Rites of Zhou, circa 3rd century BCE
    Hú zhī wú gōngchē yě, fēi wú gōngchē yě, fú rén ér néng wéi gōngchē yě. [Pinyin]
    If one says the Hu / neighbouring peoples have no artificers who are specialised in making bows and carriages, it does not mean there are no bows and carriages; on the contrary, every workman is able to manufacture bows and carriages.
* (historical) countries and peoples in the Western Regions, including Persia, Daqin, and in Pre-Tang texts, India
* (by extension) introduced from the northern or western non-Han peoples or from abroad; non-Chinese; foreign; imported
    胡桃 ― hútáo ― walnut
    胡蘿蔔／胡萝卜 ― húluóbo ― carrot
* Short for 胡琴 (húqín, “huqin; general term for two-stringed bowed instruments with origins in the western non-Han peoples”).
    二胡 ― èrhú ― erhu
    板胡 ― bǎnhú ― banhu
* (historical) (～國) State of Hu in the Spring and Autumn Period in modern-day Anhui, conquered by the State of Chu in 496 BCE
* (obsolete) black; dark-skinned
* (in compounds) great; big; senior
    胡蜂 ― húfēng ― wasp
* outrageously; recklessly; wildly; foolishly
    胡說／胡说 ― húshuō ― to talk nonsense
    胡搞 ― húgǎo ― to mess around
* a surname
    胡錦濤／胡锦涛 ― Hú Jǐntāo ― Hu Jintao, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China from 2002 to 2012

##### Synonyms

* (why):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 何為, 何以, 何, 何故, 緣何, 胡, 奚, 曷, 胡為 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 為什麼, 為何, 因何, 何以 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 為什麼, 幹嗎, 幹什麼 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 為什麼 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 為啥 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 為什麼, 做什麼, 做麼 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 為什麼, 做什麼, 做麼 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 為嘛 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 為麼兒, 為麼, 幹麼兒, 為什麼 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 為麼, 為麼個 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 為啥, 因啥 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 為啥 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 為啥, 擁啥, 擁什麼 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 為啥 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 為啥 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 為啥 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 為啥子, 做啥子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 做麼事, 為麼事 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 為哪樣, 為些哪樣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 為什麼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 為什麼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) | 為什麼 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 為什麼 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 甚們事, 做事, 做啥, 為甚們 formal |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 怎搞, 怎搞的 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 點解, 做乜, 做乜嘢, 為乜, 為乜為物, 做乜事幹, 因乜事幹, 因乜解究, 因乜緣故, 何解, 乜, 咩 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 點解, 做乜, 做乜嘢, 做咩, 為乜, 為咩, 做乜事幹, 因乜事幹, 因乜解究, 因咩解究, 因乜緣故, 何解, 乜, 咩 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 做乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 為乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 點解 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 整乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 做乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 點解 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 點解 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 為乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 因乜嘢, 點解 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 為乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 為乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 點解 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 點解 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 點解 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 幾何, 幾解, 做乜, 為乜, 乜頭路 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 幾解 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 做乜 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 點解, 做乜嘢, 做乜, 為乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 點解 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 點解 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 為乜, 為乜事, 做乜, 做乜事, 做乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 為物底 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 為乜嘢, 為乜 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou (Xiniujiao) | 為乜底 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 為乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 做乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 為乜底 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 做乜嘢, 為乜 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 做乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 做乜嘢, 為乜 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 點解 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 點解 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 做乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 點解, 為乜 |
| Cantonese | Yangon (Taishan) | 幾解 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 為什哩 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 為咋個, 為咋哩, 做咋個, 做咋哩, 何解 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 做麼個 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 做乜嘢, 做嘢 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 做麼個 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 做麼個 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 仰解, 做乜嘢 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 為乜嘢 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 為麼個 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 做麼個 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 做麼個 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 做麼個 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 做麼個 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 做麼個 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 做麼個 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 做麼個 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 做乜個 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 為甚, 因為甚, 幹什 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 𠰻們 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 為孰事, 做孰事 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 蔣其, 蔣講, 做什乇, 做什名, 幹乜勢, 傒勢 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 傒勢 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 介計 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 蔣其 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 做什乇 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 做乜乇 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 做乇 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 做呢乇 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 做乜乇 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 做哪乇 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 為什乇, 蔣其, 蔣講, 做什乇, 傒勢 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 為什物, 按怎, 物代, 敢咧, 創什物 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 按怎, 物代 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 為啥物 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 按怎 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 為甚物 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 為甚物 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 為啥物, 是按怎 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 何物事, 做物事, 做物 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 按怎 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 敢哪, 敢哪誌 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 做呢 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 做呢 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 做呢 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 做呢 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 作乜, 因乜 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 作乜, 因乜, 怎作 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 作乜, 作個乜, 作乜物, 因乜, 因個乜 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 作乜 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 為乜嘢 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 做門, 做哪門, 為哪門 |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 為什個 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 啥體, 為啥, 做啥, 啥講究, 為啥體, 啥個講究, 啥道理, 為啥道理, 啥個路道, 啥個緣故 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 為何, 做何 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 為啥, 為點啥, 做啥, 啥體, 為啥體 |
| Wu | Danyang | 為點高, 做點高 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 為啥 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 妝乜, 為何呢, 為乜事幹 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 為淡事幹, 為待西 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 為麼子, 何解 |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 奚解 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 嗎介 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 為麼子, 做麼子 |
* (barbarian): 番 (fān)

##### Descendants

* → English: Hu, Hoo, Wu, Woo, Oh

##### Compounds

* 一口胡柴
* 一地胡拿
* 一塌胡塗 / 一塌胡涂
* 一榻胡塗 / 一榻胡涂
* 一派胡言 (yīpàihúyán)
* 三胡 (Sānhú)
* 中胡 (zhōnghú)
* 乞寒潑胡 / 乞寒泼胡
* 乞寒胡
* 乞胡
* 亂作胡為 / 乱作胡为
* 亂棒胡敲 / 乱棒胡敲
* 亂語胡言 / 乱语胡言
* 二胡 (èrhú)
* 五胡 (Wǔhú)
* 云胡
* 五胡亂華 / 五胡乱华 (Wǔhúluànhuá)
* 京二胡 (jīng'èrhú)
* 京胡 (jīnghú)
* 伊于胡底
* 伊於胡底 / 伊于胡底
* 侍胡
* 信口胡說 / 信口胡说
* 信嘴胡說 / 信嘴胡说
* 八大胡同
* 冰胡兒 / 冰胡儿
* 凋胡
* 函胡
* 劉胡 / 刘胡 (Liúhú)
* 勸酒胡 / 劝酒胡
* 南胡 (nánhú)
* 口胡 (kǒuhú)
* 古胡
* 含含胡胡
* 含胡
* 吹風胡哨 / 吹风胡哨
* 商胡
* 喬做胡為 / 乔做胡为
* 嚨胡 / 咙胡
* 四川胡椒 (Sìchuān hújiāo)
* 四胡 (sìhú)
* 垂胡
* 坳胡
* 墜胡 / 坠胡 (zhuìhú)
* 奚丟胡突 / 奚丢胡突
* 妢胡
* 妴胡
* 安胡
* 封胡
* 封胡羯末
* 封胡遏末
* 對對胡 / 对对胡 (duìduìhú)
* 小胡同
* 小胡桃 (xiǎohútáo)
* 山胡
* 崔胡 (Cuīhú)
* 希颩胡都 / 希𱃔胡都
* 平胡
* 彫胡 / 雕胡
* 悶胡盧 / 闷胡卢
* 愁胡
* 截胡 (jiéhú)
* 打夜胡
* 打胡哨
* 打胡旋
* 打花胡哨
* 打野胡
* 托胡拉 (Tuōhúlā)
* 拉近胡
* 指巡胡
* 掩口盧胡 / 掩口卢胡
* 掩口胡盧 / 掩口胡卢
* 捽胡
* 提胡蘆 / 提胡芦
* 攀胡
* 旋胡
* 曼胡
* 曼胡纓 / 曼胡缨
* 板胡 (bǎnhú)
* 林胡
* 東胡 / 东胡 (Dōnghú)
* 查查胡胡
* 柴胡 (cháihú)
* 查胡勢 / 查胡势
* 梭胡
* 椰胡 (yēhú)
* 模胡
* 歐胡島 / 欧胡岛
* 死胡同 (sǐhútòng)
* 殺胡林 / 杀胡林
* 毛胡蘆兵 / 毛胡芦兵
* 波斯胡
* 涵胡
* 滿口胡柴 / 满口胡柴
* 滿口胡說 / 满口胡说
* 漫胡
* 漫胡纓 / 漫胡缨
* 潑寒胡 / 泼寒胡
* 潑寒胡戲 / 泼寒胡戏
* 潑胡 / 泼胡
* 烝胡盧 / 烝胡卢
* 狐胡
* 狼胡
* 獑胡 / 𰡔胡
* 獪胡 / 狯胡
* 玄胡索
* 玉兔胡
* 琵琶胡語 / 琵琶胡语
* 琱胡 / 雕胡
* 田胡
* 發胡 / 发胡
* 盧胡 / 卢胡
* 瞎胡鬧 / 瞎胡闹
* 石胡荽 (shíhúsuī)
* 碰碰胡 (pèngpènghú)
* 碧眼胡 (Bìyǎnhú)
* 碧眼胡兒 / 碧眼胡儿
* 秋胡
* 秋胡婦 / 秋胡妇
* 秋胡戲 / 秋胡戏
* 秋胡戲妻 / 秋胡戏妻
* 秋胡變文 / 秋胡变文
* 稽胡
* 粵胡 / 粤胡 (yuèhú)
* 縵胡 / 缦胡
* 縵胡纓 / 缦胡缨
* 羌胡
* 羯胡 (Jiéhú)
* 老臊胡
* 肝膽胡越 / 肝胆胡越
* 肥胡
* 胡七亂八 / 胡七乱八
* 胡七雜八 / 胡七杂八
* 胡三
* 胡不
* 胡乃
* 胡亂 / 胡乱 (húluàn)
* 胡二巴越
* 胡云
* 胡云海嗙
* 胡人 (Húrén)
* 胡以
* 胡伶
* 胡作亂為 / 胡作乱为
* 胡作胡為 / 胡作胡为
* 胡作非為 / 胡作非为 (húzuòfēiwéi)
* 胡來 / 胡来 (húlái)
* 胡侃
* 胡侜
* 胡倫 / 胡伦
* 胡倫課 / 胡伦课
* 胡做
* 胡做喬為 / 胡做乔为
* 胡僧
* 胡元 (Húyuán)
* 胡兒 / 胡儿 (hú'ér)
* 胡公頭 / 胡公头
* 胡判
* 胡匪 (húfěi)
* 胡博詞 / 胡博词
* 胡同 (hútòng)
* 胡吃海塞 (húchīhǎisāi)
* 胡吹 (húchuī)
* 胡吹亂嗙 / 胡吹乱嗙
* 胡吹亂滂 / 胡吹乱滂
* 胡吹亂謅 / 胡吹乱诌
* 胡吹大氣 / 胡吹大气
* 胡哄
* 胡咧咧
* 胡咯咯
* 胡唚 / 胡吣
* 胡哨 (húshào)
* 胡嘈
* 胡嘗 / 胡尝
* 胡嘌
* 胡噴 / 胡喷
* 胡嘲
* 胡嚕 / 胡噜
* 胡嚨 / 胡咙
* 胡嚼
* 胡土克圖 / 胡土克图
* 胡地
* 胡坐
* 胡基
* 胡場 / 胡场 (Húchǎng)
* 胡塗 / 胡涂
* 胡塞 (húsài)
* 胡塗蛋 / 胡涂蛋
* 胡塗蟲 / 胡涂虫
* 胡塵 / 胡尘
* 胡壽 / 胡寿
* 胡大 (Húdà)
* 胡天 (hútiān)
* 胡天神
* 胡天胡地
* 胡天胡帝
* 胡夷 (húyí)
* 胡夷魚 / 胡夷鱼
* 胡奴
* 胡奴車 / 胡奴车
* 胡妖
* 胡妲
* 胡姑姑
* 胡威絹 / 胡威绢
* 胡姬
* 胡孑
* 胡子 (húzi)
* 胡孫 / 胡孙 (húsūn)
* 胡孫藤 / 胡孙藤
* 胡客
* 胡宮 / 胡宫
* 胡家塘 (Hújiātáng)
* 胡家營 / 胡家营 (Hújiāyíng)
* 胡寧 / 胡宁
* 胡市
* 胡帽
* 胡帽犀
* 胡床 (húchuáng)
* 胡底
* 胡廝哄 / 胡厮哄
* 胡廝噥 / 胡厮哝
* 胡廝混 / 胡厮混
* 胡廝纏 / 胡厮缠
* 胡弄
* 胡弄局
* 胡必
* 胡志明市 (Hú Zhìmíng Shì)
* 胡怜
* 胡思
* 胡思亂想 / 胡思乱想 (húsīluànxiǎng)
* 胡思亂量 / 胡思乱量
* 胡想
* 胡戲 / 胡戏
* 胡才
* 胡打嚷
* 胡打海摔
* 胡扯 (húchě)
* 胡扯八溜
* 胡扯淡
* 胡扯霸溜
* 胡拜
* 胡拉亂扯 / 胡拉乱扯
* 胡拉扯
* 胡拉混扯
* 胡拿
* 胡捏怪
* 胡掖
* 胡掄混鬧 / 胡抡混闹
* 胡揪
* 胡搗 / 胡捣
* 胡搞 (húgǎo)
* 胡搧
* 胡搊 / 胡𫼝
* 胡摟 / 胡搂
* 胡撥 / 胡拨 (húbō)
* 胡撦
* 胡撥四 / 胡拨四 (húbōsì)
* 胡撥思 / 胡拨思 (húbōsī)
* 胡撲掩 / 胡扑掩
* 胡撲搭 / 胡扑搭
* 胡擄 / 胡掳
* 胡擄忙亂 / 胡掳忙乱
* 胡攪 / 胡搅 (hújiǎo)
* 胡攪蠻纏 / 胡搅蛮缠 (hújiǎománchán)
* 胡支
* 胡支對 / 胡支对
* 胡支扯葉 / 胡支扯叶
* 胡敲
* 胡整
* 胡旋舞 (húxuánwǔ)
* 胡日鬼
* 胡星
* 胡書 / 胡书 (húshū)
* 胡曹
* 胡服 (húfú)
* 胡服騎射 / 胡服骑射
* 胡本 (húběn)
* 胡枝子
* 胡枝扯葉 / 胡枝扯叶
* 胡柴 (húchái)
* 胡枲
* 胡桃 (hútáo)
* 胡桐 (hútóng)
* 胡桃仁 (hútáorén)
* 胡桃夾子 / 胡桃夹子 (hútáojiāzi)
* 胡桐律
* 胡桃木
* 胡桃油
* 胡桐淚 / 胡桐泪
* 胡桃科
* 胡桃肉 (hútáoròu)
* 胡桃鉗 / 胡桃钳
* 胡梨
* 胡梯 (hútī)
* 胡椒 (hújiāo)
* 胡椒眼
* 胡椒酒
* 胡楊 / 胡杨 (húyáng)
* 胡樂 / 胡乐
* 胡歌野調 / 胡歌野调
* 胡毋
* 胡母
* 胡氛
* 胡氣 / 胡气
* 胡沙 (húshā)
* 胡洞
* 胡浪
* 胡混
* 胡渰
* 胡溜
* 胡為 / 胡为
* 胡然
* 胡燕
* 胡牌 (húpái)
* 胡猜
* 胡猜亂想 / 胡猜乱想
* 胡琴 (húqín)
* 胡瓜 (húguā)
* 胡瓶
* 胡畫 / 胡画
* 胡疑
* 胡白
* 胡皴
* 胡盝
* 胡盧 / 胡卢 (húlú)
* 胡盧提 / 胡卢提
* 胡盧蹄 / 胡卢蹄
* 胡祆
* 胡祿 / 胡禄 (húlù)
* 胡福
* 胡秦
* 胡突
* 胡突蟲 / 胡突虫
* 胡笛
* 胡笳 (hújiā)
* 胡簏 (húlù)
* 胡簋
* 胡粉 (húfěn)
* 胡粵 / 胡粤
* 胡繩 / 胡绳
* 胡纏 / 胡缠
* 胡羅惹 / 胡罗惹
* 胡羊
* 胡羌
* 胡羼
* 胡考
* 胡老
* 胡耇
* 胡耈
* 胡胡
* 胡胡盧盧 / 胡胡卢卢
* 胡胡麻麻
* 胡臭 (húchòu)
* 胡苑
* 胡荽 (húsuī)
* 胡荾 (húsuī)
* 胡荼辣國 / 胡荼辣国
* 胡葭
* 胡蒜
* 胡蔓草
* 胡蔓藤
* 胡藍之獄 / 胡蓝之狱
* 胡蘆 / 胡芦 (húlu)
* 胡蘆提 / 胡芦提
* 胡蘆笙 / 胡芦笙
* 胡蘿蔔 / 胡萝卜 (húluóbo)
* 胡蘿蔔素 / 胡萝卜素 (húluóbosù)
* 胡虜 / 胡虏 (húlǔ)
* 胡蜂 (húfēng)
* 胡蜨
* 胡蝶 (húdié)
* 胡蝶夢 / 胡蝶梦 (húdiémèng)
* 胡螓
* 胡行
* 胡行亂作 / 胡行乱作
* 胡行亂為 / 胡行乱为
* 胡袋
* 胡裡胡塗 / 胡里胡涂
* 胡覷 / 胡觑
* 胡角
* 胡言 (húyán)
* 胡言亂語 / 胡言乱语 (húyánluànyǔ)
* 胡言亂道 / 胡言乱道
* 胡言漢語 / 胡言汉语 (húyánhànyǔ)
* 胡話 / 胡话 (húhuà)
* 胡語 / 胡语 (húyǔ)
* 胡說 / 胡说 (húshuō)
* 胡說亂語 / 胡说乱语
* 胡説亂道 / 胡说乱道
* 胡說亂道 / 胡说乱道
* 胡説八道 / 胡说八道
* 胡說八道 / 胡说八道 (húshuōbādào)
* 胡說散道 / 胡说散道
* 胡說白道 / 胡说白道
* 胡調 / 胡调
* 胡談 / 胡谈
* 胡謅 / 胡诌 (húzhōu)
* 胡講 / 胡讲
* 胡謅亂扯 / 胡诌乱扯
* 胡謅亂說 / 胡诌乱说
* 胡謅亂道 / 胡诌乱道
* 胡謅八扯 / 胡诌八扯
* 胡豆 (húdòu)
* 胡貉
* 胡貊
* 胡賈 / 胡贾
* 胡賴 / 胡赖
* 胡越 (húyuè)
* 胡越一家
* 胡越同舟
* 胡跪
* 胡踹
* 胡輦 / 胡辇
* 胡逞
* 胡道
* 胡運 / 胡运
* 胡遮刺
* 胡遮剌
* 胡部
* 胡里胡塗
* 胡釘鉸 / 胡钉铰
* 胡鋪搭 / 胡铺搭
* 胡闖 / 胡闯
* 胡雁
* 胡集 (Hújí)
* 胡雕刺
* 胡雕剌
* 胡雛 / 胡雏
* 胡離 / 胡离
* 胡非
* 胡面子
* 胡頭 / 胡头
* 胡頹子 / 胡颓子
* 胡顏 / 胡颜
* 胡風 / 胡风
* 胡食
* 胡餅 / 胡饼 (húbǐng)
* 胡馬 / 胡马
* 胡騎 / 胡骑 (húqí)
* 胡騰舞 / 胡腾舞
* 胡髯
* 胡髯郎
* 胡鬚 / 胡须
* 胡鬧 / 胡闹 (húnào)
* 胡鬧八光 / 胡闹八光
* 胡鯭
* 胡鹿 (húlù)
* 胡麻 (húmá)
* 胡麻油 (húmáyóu)
* 胡麻飯 / 胡麻饭
* 胡鼓
* 花胡同
* 花胡哨
* 花胡洞
* 花藜胡哨 (huālihúshào)
* 花裡胡哨 / 花里胡哨 (huālihúshào)
* 花里胡哨 (huālihúshào)
* 花里胡紹
* 花黎胡哨
* 茈胡
* 莫胡盧 / 莫胡卢
* 螹胡 / 𰳂胡
* 血胡同
* 血胡淋剌
* 裝胡羊 / 装胡羊
* 西胡
* 角胡
* 訓胡 / 训胡
* 諸胡 / 诸胡
* 謝胡蝶 / 谢胡蝶
* 豹胡
* 賈胡 / 贾胡 (gǔhú)
* 走胡走越
* 跋胡
* 跋胡疐尾
* 躐胡
* 逆胡
* 迷胡
* 遠胡 / 远胡
* 酒家胡
* 酒胡
* 酒胡蘆 / 酒胡芦
* 鍾胡 / 钟胡
* 闌胡 / 阑胡
* 闔胡 / 阖胡
* 阿胡拉·馬茲達 / 阿胡拉·马兹达 (Āhúlā Mǎzīdá)
* 雕胡
* 雕胡米
* 雕胡飯 / 雕胡饭
* 雜胡 / 杂胡 (Záhú)
* 響胡蘆 / 响胡芦
* 領胡 / 领胡
* 風胡 / 风胡
* 風胡子 / 风胡子
* 風胡轆 / 风胡辘
* 馬骨胡 / 马骨胡 (mǎgǔhú)
* 驕胡 / 骄胡
* 高胡 (gāohú)
* 髭胡
* 髯胡
* 鬥十胡 / 斗十胡
* 鬼胡延
* 鬼胡油
* 鬼胡由
* 鵜胡 / 鹈胡
* 麻胡
* 麻胡子
* 麻胡著臉 / 麻胡著脸
* 黠胡
* 鼎胡
* 鼓嚨胡 / 鼓咙胡
* 鼓龍胡 / 鼓龙胡
* 龍胡之痛 / 龙胡之痛

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 胡 – see 鬍 (“beard; moustache; whiskers”). (This character is the simplified form of 鬍).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

### Etymology 3

* For pronunciation and definitions of 胡 – see 衚. (This character is the simplified and variant traditional form of 衚).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

### Etymology 4

* For pronunciation and definitions of 胡 – see 葫 (“garlic”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 葫).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

### Etymology 5

* For pronunciation and definitions of 胡 – see 猢. (This character is the second-round simplified form of 猢).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

### Etymology 6

* For pronunciation and definitions of 胡 – see 蝴 (“butterfly”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 蝴).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

### Etymology 7

* For pronunciation and definitions of 胡 – see 糊 (“congee; rice gruel; porridge; to eat gruel to allay one's hunger; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 糊).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

### References

* “胡”, 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
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: ぐ (gu)、ご (go)
* Kan-on: こ (ko)
* Tō-on: う (u)
* Kun: えびす (ebisu, 胡)、なんぞ (nanzo, 胡ぞ)

#### Compounds

* 胡座(あぐら) (agura)
* 胡散臭(うさんくさ)い (usankusai)
* 胡瓜(きゅうり) (kyūri)
* 胡弓(こきゅう) (kokyū)
* 胡椒(こしょう) (koshō)
* 胡人(こじん) (kojin)
* 胡麻(ごま) (goma)
* 柴胡(さいこ) (saiko)

## Korean
### Hanja

胡 • (ho) (hangeul 호, revised ho, McCune–Reischauer ho, Yale ho)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

胡: Hán Nôm readings: hồ, hò, ha
* chữ Hán form of Hồ (“a surname”).
    胡春香 ― Hồ Xuân Hương