胡

Information about character(s)

Radical: 肉
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 9
Traditional Form: 衚鬍
Variants: 楜

Pronunciation

Pinyin: hú
Cantonese: wu4
JapaneseKun: NANZO EBISU
JapaneseOn: KO GO
Korean: HO

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: recklessly, foolishly; wildly

CE-Dict: non-Han people, esp. from central Asia/reckless/outrageous/what?/why?/to complete a winning hand at mahjong (also written 和[hu2])

Soothill: How? Why? Hun; Turk; random; hemp; long-lived; pepper, etc.; translit. go (गो), hu (हु).

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.hair grown on the face including a beard, a goatee, a moustache, sideburns, or whiskers

1.reckless(ly)
2.introduced or imported into China proper in ancient times
3.[Formal] why

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: carelessly; recklessly

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: carelessly; recklessly

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《肉部》胡牛𩔞垂也。从肉古聲。

康熙字典文字版 【未集下】【肉字部】胡
【唐韻】戸孤切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】洪孤切，𠀤音瑚。【說文】牛頷垂也。【正字通】喉也。頷肉下垂者曰胡。【詩·豳風】狼跋其胡。【傳】老狼有胡，進則躐其胡。【釋名】胡，互也。在咽下垂，能斂互物也。【前漢·郊祀志】有龍垂胡䫇。【註】胡謂頸下垂肉也。　又【韻會】何也。【書·太甲】弗慮胡獲，弗爲胡成。　又【集韻】壽也。【詩·周頌】胡考之寧。【傳】胡，壽也。　又【正字通】鋒之曲而旁出者曰胡。戈頸也。【周禮·冬官考工記·冶氏】戈胡三之，戟胡四之。【註】三之長六寸，四之長八寸。　又戟名【揚子·方言】凡戟而無刃，東齊秦晉之閒謂其大者曰鏝胡，其曲者謂之鉤釨鏝胡。　又【韻會】麤纓無文理者。亦曰曼胡。　又遐遠也。【儀禮·士冠禮】眉壽萬年，永受胡福。【註】胡，猶遐也，遠也。　又懸蠶簿橫也。【揚子·方言】胡以懸㯂，關西謂之䌞。【註】䌞，懸蠶簿橫也。　又粉名。【釋名】胡粉，胡，餬也，和脂以塗面也。【抱朴子·論僊卷】愚人乃不信黃丹及胡粉乃化鉛所作。　又餅名。【釋名】胡餅，作之大漫沍也，亦言以胡麻著上也。　又胡蝶，蟲名。【列子·天瑞篇】烏足之根爲蠐螬，其葉爲胡蝶。　又【史記·諡法】彌年壽考，保民耆艾，𠀤曰胡。　又【正字通】菰米曰彫胡。【前漢·司馬相如傳】東蘠彫胡。【註】彫胡，菰米也。　又草名。【爾雅·釋草】繁由胡。【詩·周南·采采卷耳箋】卷耳，苓耳也。廣雅云：枲耳也。郭云：亦曰胡枲。【疏】卷耳，葉靑白色，似胡荽。　又鳥名。【禮·表記詩云維鵜在梁註】鵜，鵜胡。　又【正字通】盧胡，笑在喉閒聲。【孔叢子·抗志篇】盧胡，大笑。　又水名。【爾雅·釋水】胡蘇。【註】東莞縣今有胡蘇亭。　又丘名。【爾雅·釋丘】方丘，胡丘。【疏】丘形四方者名胡丘。　又禮器。與瑚同。【左傳·哀十一年】仲尼曰：胡簋之事，則嘗學之矣。【註】胡簋，禮器。夏曰胡。　又縣名。【書·禹貢·導菏澤傳】菏澤在胡陵。【疏】正義曰：地理志，山陽郡有胡陵縣。　又書名。【前漢·藝文志】胡非子三篇。【註】墨翟弟子。【又】封胡五篇。【註】黃帝臣。　又國名。【周禮·冬官考工記】妢胡之笴。【註】妢胡，胡子之國，在楚旁。　又姓。【左傳·襄二十五年】庸以元女大姬配胡公。【註】胡公閼父之子滿也。又複姓。【八及歌】海內珍奇，胡母季皮。【註】侍御史太山奉高胡母班，字季皮。　又【集韻】洪孤切，音𩑶。戈戟內柄處。　又胡故切，音護。頸也。【前漢·金日磾傳】日磾捽胡。晉灼讀。

Han-De-Dict: warum, weshalb (u.E.) (Lit)/hist. Bezeichung die Stämme im Norden und Westen Chinas (u.E.) (S, Gesch)/ausländisch, von außen kommend, planlos, unüberlegt (u.E.) (Adj)/Hu (u.E.) (Eig, Fam)