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芴

hū

Character

What 芴 means

1. oldvaguely
2. suddenly

Other readings

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

• wùfluorene C13H10; name of an edible wild plant

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)
• 囫húused in 囫囵

Sounds the same

Read hū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 乎(classical particle similar to 于; at; from
• 呼to call; to cry; to shout
• 忽to neglect; to overlook; to ignore
• 糊to smear; to daub; to cover (a surface with sth sticky or paste-like); Taiwan pr. hú
• 惚used in 恍惚
• 唿to whistle (with fingers in one's mouth); (onomatopoeia) for the sound of the wind
• 幠arrogant; rude; to cover
• 昒daybreak; dawn; dusky
• 膴big piece of meat; dried meat
• 虍stripes of a tiger; "tiger" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 141)
• 虖to exhale; to call; scream of tiger
• 謼to shout; to mourn; to invoke