欨

Information about character(s)

Radical: 欠
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 9

Pronunciation

Pinyin: xū
Cantonese: heoi2
JapaneseKun: HUKU
JapaneseOn: KU

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: to blow or breathe upon; to smile

CE-Dict: to blow or breathe upon to smile

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《欠部》欨吹也。一曰笑意。从欠句聲。

康熙字典文字版 【辰集下】【欠字部】欨
【唐韻】況于切【集韻】匈于切，𠀤音訏。【說文】吹也。一曰笑意。【嵆康·琴賦】其康樂者聞之則欨愉歡釋，抃舞踊溢。【註】欨，笑貌。亦于切。　又【類篇】一曰欠也。　又【廣韻】况羽切【集韻】火羽切，𠀤音詡。義同。亦作喣。　又【集韻】吁句切，音喣。與呴同。氣以溫之也。【元包經】乑甡甡，欨欣欣。【傳曰】乑，所莅者衆也。欨，所理者悅也。　【六書故】欨，溫吹也。凡歆、翕、歙、呷、欱，皆內氣也。欷、歔、欨、呼、呵，皆出氣也。廣陿輕重象其聲。欨、呵爲陽，吹、呼爲隂。欲㬉者欨之，欲涼者吹之，通作煦。