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顼

xū

Character Traditional 頊

What 顼 means

1. used in {颛顼|Zhuān xū}
2. used in {顼顼|xū xū}
3. Taiwan pr. xù

Other readings

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

• Xūsurname Xu; Taiwan pr. Xù

Words starting with 顼

• 顼顼xū xūfrustrated; disappointed

Words containing 顼

• 颛顼Zhuān xūZhuanxu, one of the Five Legendary Emperors 五帝

Characters built on 页

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

• 预yùto advance; in advance; beforehand
• 须xūmust; to have to; to wait
• 顾gùto look after; to take into consideration; to attend to
• 颅lúforehead; skull
• 颥rúsee 颞颥, temple (the sides of human head)

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…
• 胥all; assist; to store
• 圩(dialect) country fair; country market
• 魆dim; dark; sudden; surreptitious
• 呴breathe on; yawn; roar
• 旴dawn