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虛

xū

void, false

Phonosemantic compound. 虍 represents the sound and 丘 represents the meaning.

Components
虍 sound component

虍  Sound component

hū

  

tiger

丘 meaning component

丘  Meaning component

qiū

  

hill

Evolution

虛 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
虛 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
虛 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

虚 (虛) 

xū

false, worthless; empty, hollow; emptiness; void; abstract theory or guiding principles; empty or unoccupied; diffident or timid; false; humble or modest; (of health) weak; virtual; in vain

Most common words with 虛
Freq.
Word
Meaning

虚

void

虚假

false

虚构

to make up

虚拟

to imagine

虚弱

weak

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

噓

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*C.qʰ(r)a

khjo

xū

hill, mound; abandoned city

*qʰ(r)a

xjo

xū

empty


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 26.2053% of movies

1401st most common character in movies

1071st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Simplified

虚

Unicode

U+865B

Shuowen

“虛，大丘也。崐崘丘謂之崐崘虛，古者九夫為井，四井為邑，四邑為丘，丘謂之虛。从丘，虍聲。”


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