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胥

xū

Character

What 胥 means

1. all
2. assist
3. to store

Other readings

胥 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Xūsurname Xu

Words starting with 胥

• 胥吏xū lìlow-level government official (in former times)

Words containing 胥

• 吏胥lì xūminor official
• 伍子胥Wǔ Zǐ xūWu Zixu (–484 BC), Chu-born strategist for Wu. After the King of Chu executed his family…
• 奥尔德斯·赫胥黎Ào ěr dé sī Hè xū líAldous Huxley (1894–1963), British novelist and author of "Brave New World" 美丽新世界
• 赫胥黎Hè xū líHuxley (name); Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895), British evolutionary scientist and…

Characters built on 月

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

• 服fúclothes; dress; garment
• 育yùto have children; to raise or bring up; to educate
• 股gǔthigh; part of a whole; portion of a sum; (finance) stock; share
• 胡húnon-Han people, esp. from central Asia; reckless; outrageous
• 骨gǔbone
• 肤fūskin
• 腹fùabdomen; stomach; belly
• 肚dùbelly

Characters that look like 胥

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 费fèito cost; to spend; fee
• 青qīnggreen; blue; black
• 晋jìnto move forward; to promote; to advance
• 脊jǐ(bound form) spine; backbone; (bound form) ridge
• 昔xīformer times; the past; Taiwan pr. xí
• 莠yǒuSetaria viridis; vicious

Sounds the same

Read xū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 需to require; to need; to want
• 须must; to have to; to wait
• 虚emptiness; void; abstract theory or guiding principles
• 墟ruins; (literary) village; variant of 圩
• 嘘to exhale slowly; to hiss; hush!
• 吁sh; hush
• 戌11th earthly branch: 7-9 p.m., 9th solar month (8th October-6th November), year of the…
• 圩(dialect) country fair; country market
• 魆dim; dark; sudden; surreptitious
• 呴breathe on; yawn; roar
• 顼used in 颛顼; used in 顼顼; Taiwan pr. xù
• 旴dawn