呼

hū
#841 most
frequent character
to call, to cry, to shout

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

呼 shows 口 mouth with 乎 hū, which supplies the sound. It first meant to breathe out or exhale. The meaning grew to yell and call.

Drawn as: mouth

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Same Characters, Different Readings

呼hū
to shout, to call out, variant of 呼[hu1]

Homophones

乎hū
(classical particle similar to 於|于[yu2]) in
忽hū
to neglect, to overlook, to ignore

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