# 呼

| 呼 | U+547C, &#21628; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-547C |
| ← 呻 [U+547B] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 命 → [U+547D] |
| ㈺ | U+323A, &#12858; PARENTHESIZED IDEOGRAPH CALL |
| ← ㈹ [U+3239] | Enclosed CJK Letters and Months | ㈻ → [U+323B] |

## Translingual
### Han character

呼 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 口竹火木 (RHFD), four-corner 6204$_9$, composition ⿰口乎)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 183, character 14
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3471
* Dae Jaweon: page 402, character 14
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 605, character 2
* Unihan data for U+547C

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 罅 | *qʰraːs |
| 呼 | *qʰaː |
| 軤 | *qʰaː |
| 苸 | *qʰaː |
| 嘑 | *qʰaː |
| 歑 | *qʰaː |
| 謼 | *qʰaː, *qʰaːs |
| 滹 | *qʰaː |
| 乎 | *ɢaː |
| 虖 | *qʰaː, *qʰʷa, *qʰaː, *qʰʷa |
| 嫭 | *ɢaːs |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qʰaː): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 乎 (OC *ɢaː) – to exhale, call, or shout from the mouth.

### Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ʔaːw (“to shout, cry out”). Cognate with Burmese အော် (au, “to shout, berate”), as well as with the following Sinitic words (STEDT):
* 嚆 (“to make noise”)
* 嚎 (“to howl, bawl”)
* 呴 (OC *qʰoːʔ, *qʰos, “to breathe on, yawn, roar”)
* 呵 (OC *qʰaːl, *qʰaːls, “to shout, cry out”)

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): hū (hu$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): fu$^1$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fu$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fû
* Eastern Min (BUC): hù / kŭ
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): ho͘ / kho͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hu$^1$ / u$^1$ / hou$^1$ / kou$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$hu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hū
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hu
*** Wade–Giles: hu$^1$
*** Yale: hū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hu
*** Palladius: ху (xu)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: fu$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: fu
*** Sinological IPA : /fu⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fu$^1$
*** Yale: fū
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fu$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /fuː⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fû
*** Hakka Romanization System: fu$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: fu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /fu²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: hù / kŭ
*** Sinological IPA : /hu⁵³/, /kʰu⁵⁵/
* hù - literary;
* kŭ - vernacular.
* Middle Chinese: xu
Rime :
| Character | 呼 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 曉 (32) |
| Final (韻) | 模 (23) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 荒烏切 |
| Baxter | xu |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /huo/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /huo/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /xo/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /hɔ/ |
| Li Rong | /xo/ |
| Wang Li | /xu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /xuo/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | hū |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fu$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʰˤa/, /*qʰˤa-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*qʰaː/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 呼 | 呼 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | hū | hù |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ xu › | ‹ xu$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*qʰˁa/ | /*qʰˁa-s/ |
| English | call out, shout | call out, shout |
| 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 | 呼 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 5181 |
| Phonetic component | 乎 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 呼 |
| Old Chinese | /*qʰaː/ |

#### Definitions

呼
* to breathe out; to exhale; to sigh
* to shout; to yell
* to call (someone); to address
* (onomatopoeia, of wind) howling
* (Chinese phonetics) medial; in Middle Chinese: being open-mouthed (開口／开口) or closed-mouthed (合口), also called 開合／开合); or, for modern Chinese: one of four medials (四呼)

##### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “to breathe out”): 吸 (xī)

#### Compounds

* 一呼再諾 / 一呼再诺
* 一命嗚呼 / 一命呜呼 (yīmìngwūhū)
* 一呼百應 / 一呼百应 (yīhūbǎiyìng)
* 一呼百諾 / 一呼百诺
* 上呼吸道 (shànghūxīdào)
* 三呼萬歲 / 三呼万岁
* 人工呼吸 (réngōng hūxī)
* 傳呼 / 传呼 (chuánhū)
* 傳呼機 / 传呼机 (chuánhūjī)
* 內呼吸 / 内呼吸
* 八方呼應 / 八方呼应
* 前呼後應 / 前呼后应
* 前呼後擁 / 前呼后拥 (qiánhūhòuyǒng)
* 千呼萬喚 / 千呼万唤 (qiānhūwànhuàn)
* 合口呼 (hékǒuhū)
* 吆呼
* 同類相呼 / 同类相呼
* 吹呼
* 呼三喝四
* 呼么喝六
* 呼之欲出 (hūzhīyùchū)
* 呼倫池 / 呼伦池
* 呼兄喚弟 / 呼兄唤弟
* 呼叱
* 呼叫 (hūjiào)
* 呼叫器 (hūjiàoqì)
* 呼名叫陣 / 呼名叫阵
* 呼吼 (hūhǒu)
* 呼吸 (hūxī)
* 呼吸作用 (hūxī zuòyòng)
* 呼吸吐納 / 呼吸吐纳
* 呼吸器 (hūxīqì)
* 呼吸器官
* 呼吸孔
* 呼吸根
* 呼吸相通 (hūxīxiāngtōng)
* 呼吸系統 / 呼吸系统 (hūxī xìtǒng)
* 呼吸道 (hūxīdào)
* 呼吸運動 / 呼吸运动
* 呼吸音 (hūxīyīn)
* 咋呼
* 呼呼 (hūhū)
* 呼呼大睡 (hūhūdàshuì)
* 呼哨 (hūshào)
* 呼喝 (hūhè)
* 呼喊 (hūhǎn)
* 呼喚 / 呼唤 (hūhuàn)
* 呼噓 / 呼嘘
* 呼嘯 / 呼啸 (hūxiào)
* 呼噪
* 呼嚕 / 呼噜 (hūlū)
* 呼圖克圖 / 呼图克图 (hūtúkètú)
* 呼天搶地 / 呼天抢地 (hūtiānqiāngdì)
* 呼奴使婢
* 呼家將 / 呼家将
* 呼庚呼癸
* 呼張喚李 / 呼张唤李
* 呼應 / 呼应 (hūyìng)
* 呼拉圈 (hūlāquān)
* 呼拉舞
* 呼搧
* 呼救 (hūjiù)
* 呼朋引伴
* 呼朋引類 / 呼朋引类
* 呼氣 / 呼气 (hūqì)
* 呼牛作馬 / 呼牛作马
* 呼牛呼馬 / 呼牛呼马
* 呼瑪 / 呼玛 (Hūmǎ)
* 呼畢勒罕 / 呼毕勒罕 (hūbìlèhǎn)
* 呼盧 / 呼卢
* 呼盧喝雉 / 呼卢喝雉
* 呼籲 / 呼吁 (hūyù)
* 呼紅叫六 / 呼红叫六
* 呼聲 / 呼声 (hūshēng)
* 呼蘭 / 呼兰 (Hūlán)
* 呼蘭河 / 呼兰河 (Hūlánhé)
* 呼號 / 呼号
* 呼蚩 (hūchī)
* 呼語 / 呼语 (hūyǔ)
* 呼風喚雨 / 呼风唤雨 (hūfēnghuànyǔ)
* 呼麥 / 呼麦 (hūmài)
* 喝六呼么
* 喳呼
* 喝雉呼盧 / 喝雉呼卢
* 嗚呼 / 呜呼 (wūhū)
* 嗎呼 / 吗呼
* 嗚呼哀哉 / 呜呼哀哉 (wūhū'āizāi)
* 嚾呼
* 四呼 (sìhū)
* 圖呼其 / 图呼其 (Túhūqí)
* 外呼吸
* 大呼 (dàhū)
* 大呼小叫 (dàhūxiǎojiào)
* 大呼小喊
* 大呼過癮 / 大呼过瘾
* 大呼隆
* 大聲疾呼 / 大声疾呼 (dàshēngjíhū)
* 山呼
* 嵩呼
* 庚癸之呼
* 引類呼朋 / 引类呼朋
* 後擁前呼 / 后拥前呼
* 愴地呼天 / 怆地呼天
* 愴天呼地 / 怆天呼地
* 打呼 (dǎhū)
* 打呼嚕 / 打呼噜
* 打招呼 (dǎ zhāohū)
* 扯呼
* 招呼 (zhāohū)
* 招呼站
* 振臂一呼 (zhènbìyīhū)
* 振臂高呼
* 搶呼 / 抢呼
* 搶地呼天 / 抢地呼天
* 撮口呼 (cuōkǒuhū)
* 攘臂一呼
* 於呼哀哉 / 于呼哀哉 (wūhū'āizāi)
* 有氧呼吸
* 歡呼 / 欢呼 (huānhū)
* 歡呼雷動 / 欢呼雷动
* 氣呼呼 / 气呼呼 (qìhūhū)
* 深呼吸 (shēnhūxī)
* 烏呼 / 乌呼 (wūhū)
* 熱呼呼 / 热呼呼 (rèhūhū)
* 燕語鶯呼 / 燕语莺呼
* 疾呼
* 疾聲大呼 / 疾声大呼
* 登高一呼
* 直呼其名
* 瞎扎呼
* 稱呼 / 称呼 (chēnghū)
* 肺呼吸
* 腹式呼吸
* 蔫呼呼
* 見兔呼狗 / 见兔呼狗
* 語笑喧呼
* 謊喳呼 / 谎喳呼
* 讙呼 / 欢呼
* 邪呼
* 開口呼 / 开口呼 (kāikǒuhū)
* 阿呼地獄 / 阿呼地狱
* 韓市呼天 / 韩市呼天
* 順風而呼 / 顺风而呼
* 驚呼 / 惊呼 (jīnghū)
* 高呼 (gāohū)
* 麻麻呼呼
* 鼓掌歡呼 / 鼓掌欢呼
* 齊齒呼 / 齐齿呼 (qíchǐhū)

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiāo (xiao$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiāo
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siao
*** Wade–Giles: hsiao$^1$
*** Yale: syāu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiau
*** Palladius: сяо (sjao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

呼
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 詨 / 𰵦 (xiào, “to shout”)

### Pronunciation 3

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xū (xu$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩ
* 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/

#### Definitions

呼
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 吁 (“sigh (expression of fatigue)”)

### Pronunciation 4

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): hè (he$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hè
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hè
*** Wade–Giles: ho$^4$
*** Yale: hè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: heh
*** Palladius: хэ (xɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /xɤ⁵¹/

#### Definitions

呼
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Expression of anger.

### Pronunciation 5

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xià (xia$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xià
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sià
*** Wade–Giles: hsia$^4$
*** Yale: syà
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiah
*** Palladius: ся (sja)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ä⁵¹/

#### Definitions

呼
* (historical dictionaries only) Alternative form of 罅 (xià, “crack; rift”)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)
* call
* call out to
* invite

#### Readings

* Go-on: く (ku)
* Kan-on: こ (ko, Jōyō)
* Kun: よぶ (yobu, 呼ぶ, Jōyō)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 呼
* こ Grade: 6
* kan'on
From Middle Chinese 呼 (MC xu).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ko̞]

### Affix

呼(こ) • (ko)
* to breathe out, to exhale, to sigh
* to shout, to yell
* to call (someone), to address

#### Compounds

* 呼吸 (kokyū, “breath, breathing”)
* 歓呼 (kanko, “cheer, shout”)
* 呼号 (kogō, “shout, proclaim”)
* 呼称 (koshō, “name, designation, form of address”)
* 呼格 (kokaku, “vocative case”)

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 呼 (MC xu). Recorded as Middle Korean 호 (hwo) (Yale: hwo) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ɸʷo̞]
* Phonetic hangul: [호]

### Hanja

Wikisource 呼 (eumhun 부를 호 (bureul ho))
* hanja form of 호 (“to call; to shout”)
* hanja form of 호 (“to exhale; to breathe out”)

#### Compounds

* 호명(呼名) (homyeong)
* 호소(呼訴) (hoso)
* 호응(呼應) (ho'eung)
* 호출(呼出) (hochul)
* 호칭(呼稱) (hoching)
* 호흡(呼吸) (hoheup)
* 호흡기(呼吸器) (hoheupgi)
* 환호(歡呼) (hwanho)
* 환호성(歡呼聲) (hwanhoseong)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

呼: Hán Nôm readings: hô, há, hao, hào
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