吁

xū
#2,133 most
frequent character
sh, hush

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

吁 pairs 口, mouth, with 于 yú as a sound part. Its first sense was crafty and treacherous. Read xū, 'to sigh' was borrowed for the sound; read yù, 'to implore' was borrowed too.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

吁yù
variant of 籲|吁[yu4]
吁yù
to implore

Homophones

虚xū
emptiness, void
需xū
to require, to need, to want
须xū
must, to have to, to wait
须xū
beard, mustache, feeler (of an insect etc)

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