吁
2 readings · tap one to hear it
sh; hush
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 口 +3
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 吁
- Common rank
- #3,063
- Unicode
- U+5401
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 吁
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 黑奴吁天录 | Uncle Tom's Cabin, translated and adapted by Lin Shu 林紓|林纾 | |
| 长吁短叹 | long moan and short gasp (idiom); continually moaning and groaning in pain | |
| 呼吁 | to call on (sb to do sth); to appeal (to); an appeal | |
| 气吁吁 | to pant; to gasp for breath | |
| 吁请 | to implore; to entreat | |
| 气喘吁吁 | to pant; to gasp for breath | |
| 喘吁吁 | to puff and blow | |
| 吁吁 | to pant; to gasp for breath | |
| 欷吁 | variant of 唏噓|唏嘘[xi1 xu1] |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 于 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 于 sound part | at, in, on; to, from; alas! | |
| 宇 | building, house, room, structure; space, the universe | |
| 迂 | abstruse, pedantic, unrealistic | |
| 芋 | taro | |
| 盂 | basin; cup | |
| 竽 | free reed mouth organ | |
| 圩 | dike, embankment | |
| 盱 | eyes wide open; to gaze in astonishment | |
| 纡 | to twist, to turn, to bend; to distort | |
| 玗 | semi-precious stone | |
| 邘 | a state in Henan province |