胡

Hu2
#804 most
frequent character
surname Hu

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

胡 joins 月 meat with 古 gǔ, which supplies the sound. It first meant the drooping lower jaw of a cow. The meaning grew to facial hair, to northern or western outsiders, and then to reckless or random.

Drawn as: meat

胡 as a component in other characters

sound8 characters
湖糊蝴瑚葫鹕猢醐
picture1 character
煳

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Same Characters, Different Readings

胡hú
see 衚衕|胡同[hu2 tong4]
胡hú
non-Han people, esp. from central Asia
胡hú
beard, mustache, whiskers

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