hù
mutual
Depicts two symmetric figures intertwining with each other.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Component uses
Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*m-qˤaʔ-s | huH | hù | intertwining |
Statistics
HSK level 3
Appears in 32.9809% of movies
1195th most common character in movies
819th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 4 |
Unicode | U+4E92 |
Shuowen | “,可以收繩也。从竹,象形,中象人手所推握也。互,或省。” |
Sources
季旭昇《說文新證》p.375-376
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