乎

Information about character(s)

Radical: 丿
Radical Strokes: 1
Additional Strokes: 4
Total Strokes: 5

Pronunciation

Pinyin: hū
Cantonese: fu1 fu4 wu4
JapaneseKun: YO KANA KA
JapaneseOn: KO
Korean: HO
Vietnamese: hồ

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: interrogative or exclamatory final particle

CE-Dict: (classical particle similar to 於|于[yu2]) in/at/from/because/than/(classical final particle similar to 嗎|吗[ma5], 吧[ba5], 呢[ne5], expressing question, doubt or astonishment)

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.at; in; from; than
2.an interrogative particle
3.an exclamatory particle

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《兮部》乎語之餘也。从兮，象聲上越揚之形也。

康熙字典文字版 【子集上】【丿字部】乎
〔古文〕虖【廣韻】戸吳切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】洪孤切，𠀤音湖。【說文】兮語之餘也。从兮，象聲上越揚之形。【徐曰】凡名兮皆上句之餘聲。【廣韻】極也。　又疑辭。【詩·邶風】胡爲乎中露。【戰國策】彈鋏歸來乎。　又呼聲。如魯論，參乎，使乎之類。　又荒烏切。與呼同。【詩·大雅】於乎小子。【陸德明·音義】於音烏，乎音呼。【吳越春秋】越王夫人歌曰：徊復翔兮，游飇去復反兮。於乎，今經史於戲，於虖，嗚虖，嗚嘑，於乎相通，皆歎辭。

CF-Dict: à/dans/de/vers/(part. interrog.)