嘘
Tap the pinyin to hear it
to exhale slowly; to hiss; hush!
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 口 +11
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 噓
- Common rank
- #3,425
- Unicode
- U+5618
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
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Words with 嘘
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 发嘘声 | to hiss (as a sign of displeasure) | |
| 自我吹嘘 | to blow one's own horn (idiom) | |
| 嘘寒问暖 | to enquire solicitously about sb's well-being (idiom); to pamper | |
| 嘘声 | hissing sound; to hiss (as a sign of displeasure) | |
| 吹嘘 | to brag | |
| 喘嘘嘘 | variant of 喘吁吁[chuan3 xu1 xu1] | |
| 嘘嘘 | to pee pee (kiddie or feminine slang) | |
| 唏嘘 | (onom.) to sigh; to sob |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 虚 — compare how they read.