噓

See also: 嘘

噓 U+5653, 噓 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5653 ← 噒 [U+5652] CJK Unified Ideographs 噔 → [U+5654]

Translingual

Japanese	嘘
Simplified	嘘
Traditional	噓

Han character

噓 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 口卜心一 (RYPM), four-corner 6101₇, composition ⿰口虛)

Derived characters

• 𭌗

Related characters

• 嘘 (Simplified Chinese)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 209, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4206
• Dae Jaweon: page 429, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 675, character 12
• Unihan data for U+5653

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 噓
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (虍) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
唬	*qʰraːs, *kʷraːɡ
戲	*qʰral, *qʰrals, *qʰaː
巇	*qʰra
隵	*qʰra
嚱	*qʰras
盧	*b·raː
鑪	*raː
壚	*raː
籚	*raː
蘆	*raː, *ra
顱	*b·raː
髗	*b·raː
鱸	*raː
攎	*raː
櫨	*raː
轤	*raː
黸	*raː
獹	*raː
鸕	*raː
艫	*raː
纑	*raː
瀘	*raː
瓐	*raː
爐	*raː
嚧	*raː
矑	*b·raː
罏	*raː
蠦	*raː
虜	*raːʔ
擄	*raːʔ
艣	*raːʔ
鐪	*raːʔ
虖	*qʰaː, *qʰʷa, *qʰaː, *qʰʷa
虍	*qʰaː
雐	*qʰʷlaː
虎	*qʰlaːʔ
琥	*qʰlaːʔ
萀	*qʰlaːʔ
臚	*b·ra
廬	*ra
驢	*b·ra
藘	*ra
爈	*ra, *ras
櫖	*ra, *ras
儢	*raʔ
慮	*ras
勴	*ras
鑢	*ras
濾	*ras
攄	*r̥ʰa
處	*kʰljaʔ, *kʰljas
豦	*kas, *ɡa
據	*kas
鐻	*kas, *ɡa, *ɡaʔ
澽	*kas, *ɡas
虛	*kʰa, *qʰa
墟	*kʰa
懅	*ɡa
蘧	*ɡa, *ɡʷa
籧	*ɡa
醵	*ɡa, *ɡas, *ɡaɡ
璩	*ɡa
虡	*ɡaʔ
遽	*ɡas
勮	*ɡas
噓	*qʰa, *qʰas
驉	*qʰa
歔	*qʰa
魖	*qʰa
膚	*pla
虧	*kʰʷral
噱	*ɡaɡ
臄	*ɡaɡ
劇	*ɡaɡ
諕	*qʰʷraːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qʰa, *qʰas) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 虛 (OC *kʰa, *qʰa) – to exhale, blow out from the mouth. Note that 虛 / 虚 (xū) means empty, void, hence connotations of “empty via the mouth”.

Pronunciation 1

trad.		噓
simp.		嘘
alternative forms		嘘 𭊌

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xū (xu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): heoi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xū
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syu
    • Wade–Giles: hsü¹
    • Yale: syū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiu
    • Palladius: сюй (sjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: heoi¹
    • Yale: hēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɵy̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: xjo, xjoH

Rime
Character	噓	噓
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	朽居切	許御切
Baxter	xjo	xjoH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨʌ/	/hɨʌH/
Pan Wuyun	/hiɔ/	/hiɔH/
Shao Rongfen	/xiɔ/	/xiɔH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɨə̆/	/hɨə̆H/
Li Rong	/xiɔ/	/xiɔH/
Wang Li	/xĭo/	/xĭoH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xi̯wo/	/xi̯woH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xū	xù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	heoi1	heoi3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰa/, /*qʰas/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	噓	噓
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	5270	5274
Phonetic component	虍	虍
Rime group	魚	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	虚	噓
Old Chinese	/*qʰa/	/*qʰas/

Definitions

噓

1. to slowly exhale
2. to sigh; to lament
3. to praise; to flatter
4. to heat by steam or fire

Compounds

• 不勝唏噓 / 不胜唏嘘
• 冷噓噓 / 冷嘘嘘
• 吁噓
• 吹噓 / 吹嘘 (chuīxū)
• 呼噓 / 呼嘘
• 唏噓 / 唏嘘 (xīxū)
• 喘噓噓 / 喘嘘嘘
• 噓吸 / 嘘吸
• 噓唏 / 嘘唏
• 噓寒問暖 / 嘘寒问暖 (xūhánwènnuǎn)
• 噓枯吹生 / 嘘枯吹生
• 大肆吹噓 / 大肆吹嘘
• 自我吹噓 / 自我吹嘘

 

Pronunciation 2

trad.		噓
simp.		嘘
alternative forms		嘘 𭊌

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shī (shi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shī
    • Zhuyin: ㄕ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shih
    • Wade–Giles: shih¹
    • Yale: shr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shy
    • Palladius: ши (ši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/

Definitions

噓

1. (Mandarin, interjection) hush! shh!

Synonyms

• (hush): (Cantonese) 𭉝

Pronunciation 3

trad.		噓
simp.		嘘
alternative forms		嘘 𭊌 㗾 Cantonese

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xū (xu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): heoi¹ / hoe¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xū
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syu
    • Wade–Giles: hsü¹
    • Yale: syū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiu
    • Palladius: сюй (sjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: heoi¹ / hoe¹
    • Yale: hēui / hēu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoey¹ / hoe¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hêu¹ / hê¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɵy̯⁵⁵/, /hœː⁵⁵/

Definitions

噓

1. hooting; boo; disapproval sound
2. to boo
3. (as an interjection) boo!

Synonyms

• (to boo): 喝倒彩 (hèdàocǎi)

Compounds

• 噓聲 / 嘘声 (xūshēng)

 

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00681
• “噓”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	嘘
Kyūjitai	噓

Kanji

噓

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 嘘)

1. lie, falsehood

Readings

• On (unclassified): きょ (kyo)
• Kun: ふく (fuku, 噓く)、うそ (uso, 噓)

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 噓 – see the following entry.

【嘘】H [kanji] hyōgai kanji [kanji] Extended shinjitai form of 噓: lie; falsehood Kanji reading: こ, きょ, うそ, はく, ふく

(This term, 噓, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

噓 • (heo) (hangeul 허, revised heo, McCune–Reischauer hŏ)

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Vietnamese

Han character

噓: Hán Nôm readings: hờ, hư

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References

• Nom Foundation