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囫

hú

Character

What 囫 means

1. used in {囫囵|hú lún}

Words starting with 囫

• 囫囵hú lúnwhole
• 囫囵吞下hú lún tūn xiàto swallow whole; (fig.) to swallow (lies etc)
• 囫囵吞枣hú lún tūn zǎoto swallow in one gulp (idiom); (fig.) to accept without thinking; to lap up

Characters built on 勿

These share the phonetic component 勿 (wù), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 物wù(bound form) thing; (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself…
• 忽hūto neglect; to overlook; to ignore
• 笏hù(old) ceremonial tablet (held by officials at an audience)
• 芴hū(old) vaguely; suddenly

Sounds the same

Read hú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 胡non-Han people, esp. from central Asia; reckless; outrageous
• 壶pot; classifier for bottled liquid
• 蝴used in 蝴蝶
• 湖lake
• 狐fox
• 糊to paste; to glue; blurry; unclear; muddled; (esp. of food) scorched; burnt
• 弧arc
• 斛ancient measuring vessel; fifty liters; dry measure for grain equal to five dou 五斗…
• 和to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
• 瑚used in 珊瑚
• 葫used in 葫芦
• 鹕used in 鹈鹕