# 互

| 互 | U+4E92, &#20114; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E92 |
| ← 云 [U+4E91] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 亓 → [U+4E93] |

## Translingual
### Han character

互 (Kangxi radical 7, 二+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 一女弓一 (MVNM), four-corner 1010$_7$, composition ⿱一彑)

#### Derived characters

* 仾 冱 坘 枑 沍 䊺 魱 宐 䇘 𠯞 𪥦 𢎸 𢗝 𢪔 𣅥 𪸒 𤜷 𥘡 𦍞 𦙁 𦨝 𧘢 𧥮 𧿟 𨋆 𨠂 𨥛 𨸧 𩉱 𩚢 𪏳 𧺳 𨚎 𩿍 𡗨 𦊂 𦊍 𦬚 𠀕

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 86, character 9
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 255
* Dae Jaweon: page 178, character 2
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 14, character 1
* Unihan data for U+4E92

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 互
* Small seal scripts03386s03387Transcribed ancient scriptsL20734L20735L20736
* References:
* Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:
* Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
* Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
* Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
* Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
| | Old Chinese |
| 魱 | *ɡaː |
| 互 | *ɡaːs |
| 冱 | *ɡaːs |
| 枑 | *ɡaːs |
Ideogram (指事): 牙 and a distinguishing mark. Early texts often used 互 and 牙 interchangeably.

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): hù (hu$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): wu$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): fu
    (Meixian, Guangdong): fu$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): hô
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hou$^5$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hō͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hu$^6$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): hu$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hù
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hù
*** Wade–Giles: hu$^4$
*** Yale: hù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huh
*** Palladius: ху (xu)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wu$^6$
*** Yale: wuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wu$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wu$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /wuː²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fu
*** Hakka Romanization System: fu
*** Hagfa Pinyim: fu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /fu⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: fu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /fu⁴⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: hô
*** Sinological IPA : /hou²⁴²/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: hou$^5$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: hō
*** Sinological IPA : /hɔu²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō͘
*** Tâi-lô: hōo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ho
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /hɔ³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: hu$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hŭ
*** Sinological IPA : /hu³⁵/
** (Leizhou)
*** Leizhou Pinyin: hu$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /hu³³/
* Middle Chinese: huH
Rime :
| Character | 互 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 模 (23) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 胡誤切 |
| Baxter | huH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦuo$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦuo$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣo$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦɔ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣo$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣu$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ɣuo$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | hù |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | wu$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*m-qˤaʔ-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaːs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 互 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | hù |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ hu$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*m-qˁaʔ-s/ |
| English | intertwining |
| 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 | 互 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 5288 |
| Phonetic component | 互 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 護 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡaːs/ |

#### Definitions

互
* mutually; reciprocally
    From: Tao Yuanming The Peach Blossom Spring (桃花源記) (trans. Herbert Allen Giles)
    huāng lù ài jiāotōng, jī quǎn hù míng fèi [Pinyin]
    Highways of traffic ran north and south; sounds of crowing cocks and barking dogs were heard around.
* mutual
* crisscrossing; intertwining
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 䇘 (hù, “a tool to wind up cord”)
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 枑 (hù, “wooden rack”)
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) error; mistake
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) gate
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) crustacean
* a surname

##### Usage notes

* 互 (hù) usually modifies a verb of one syllable, while its negative 互不 usually modifies a verb of two.

#### Compounds

* 互不侵犯
* 互不相讓 / 互不相让 (hùbùxiāngràng)
* 互保
* 互信 (hùxìn)
* 互切互磋
* 互利 (hùlì)
* 互別苗頭 / 互别苗头
* 互助 (hùzhù, “to help each other”)
* 互助合作
* 互助會 / 互助会 (hùzhùhuì)
* 互勉 (hùmiǎn)
* 互動 / 互动 (hùdòng, “interactive”)
* 互動媒體 / 互动媒体
* 互動式 / 互动式 (hùdòngshì)
* 互定
* 互市 (hùshì)
* 互惠 (hùhuì)
* 互惠原則 / 互惠原则
* 互惠關稅 / 互惠关税
* 互感應 / 互感应 (hùgǎnyìng)
* 互換 / 互换 (hùhuàn)
* 互毆 / 互殴 (hù'ōu)
* 互物
* 互生
* 互用
* 互異 / 互异
* 互相 (hùxiāng, “each other”)
* 互相為謀 / 互相为谋 (hùxiāngwéimóu)
* 互粉 (hùfěn, “to follow or friend each other”)
* 互補 / 互补 (hùbǔ)
* 互補色 / 互补色 (hùbǔsè)
* 互見 / 互见
* 互角
* 互訓 / 互训
* 互託肝膽 / 互托肝胆
* 互調 / 互调
* 互讓 / 互让 (hùràng)
* 互質 / 互质 (hùzhì)
* 互通 (hùtōng)
* 互通有無 / 互通有无
* 互選 / 互选
* 互鄉 / 互乡
* 交互作用
* 仁智互見 / 仁智互见
* 共榮互利 / 共荣互利 (“to benefit mutually and prosper together”)
* 利弊互見 / 利弊互见
* 反目互毆 / 反目互殴
* 平等互惠
* 犬牙差互
* 瑕瑜互見 / 瑕瑜互见
* 盤互 / 盘互
* 相互 (xiānghù)
* 相互作用 (xiānghù zuòyòng)
* 社會互動 / 社会互动 (shèhuì hùdòng)
* 舛互
* 輪互 / 轮互
* 轚互 / 𰺟互
* 館際互借 / 馆际互借 (guǎnjì hùjiè)
* 首尾乖互

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hō͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hou$^7$
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō͘
*** Tâi-lô: hōo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ho
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /hɔ³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: hou$^7$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hōu
*** Sinological IPA : /hou¹¹/

#### Definitions

互
* (Southern Min) Alternative form of 予

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* mutually, reciprocally

#### Readings

* Go-on: ご (go, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: こ (ko)
* Kun: たがい (tagai, 互い, Jōyō)

#### Compounds

* 相(そう)互(ご) (sōgo)
* 互(ご)角(かく) (gokaku)
* 交(こう)互(ご) (kōgo)
* 互(ご)換(かん) (gokan)
* 互(ご)選(せん) (gosen)
* 互(ご)助(じょ) (gojo)

### Pronunciation

* Kanji in this term
* 互
* ご Grade: S
* goon
* IPA: [ɡo̞]

### Prefix

互(ご) • (go-)
* mutual

## Korean
### Hanja

互 (eum 호 (ho))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

互: Hán Nôm readings: hỗ, hổ
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#### References

* Nom Foundation