Wiktionary

互

See also: 亙
互 U+4E92, 互
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E92
← 云
[U+4E91] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 亓 →
[U+4E93]

Translingual edit

Stroke order
 

Han character edit

互 (Kangxi radical 7, 二+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 一女弓一 (MVNM), four-corner 10107, composition ⿱一彑)

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 86, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 255
  • Dae Jaweon: page 178, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 14, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+4E92

Chinese edit

simp. and trad.
 互
alternative forms 弖

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character 互
Small seal script
 

s03386

 

s03387

Transcribed ancient scripts
 

L20734

 

L20735

 

L20736

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (互) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
魱 *ɡaː
互 *ɡaːs
冱 *ɡaːs
枑 *ɡaːs

Pictogram (象形) . A spool to wind up rope (like a modern garden hose spool). Original character for 䇘

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

Note:
  • hu5 - Chaozhou;
  • hu6 - Shantou.
    Rime
    Character 互
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
    Final (韻) 模 (23)
    Tone (調) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) I
    Fanqie 胡誤切
    Baxter huH
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/ɦuoH/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/ɦuoH/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/ɣoH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/ɦɔH/
    Li
    Rong         		/ɣoH/
    Wang
    Li         		/ɣuH/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/ɣuoH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		hù
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		wu6
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 互
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		hù
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ huH ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*m-qˁaʔ-s/
    English intertwining

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 互
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 5288
    Phonetic
    component         		互
    Rime
    group         		魚
    Rime
    subdivision         		0
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		護
    Old
    Chinese         		/*ɡaːs/

    Definitions edit

    互

    1. mutually; reciprocally
    2. mutual
    3. crisscrossing; intertwining
    4. † Alternative form of 䇘 (hù, “a tool to wind up cord”)
    5. † Alternative form of 枑 (hù, “wooden rack”)
    6. † error; mistake
    7. † gate
    8. † crustacean
    9. a surname
    Usage notes edit
    • 互 (hù) usually modifies a verb of one syllable, while its negative 互不 usually modifies a verb of two.

    Compounds edit

    Etymology 2 edit

    Pronunciation edit

    Definitions edit

    互

    1. (Southern Min) Alternative form of 予

    Japanese edit

    Kanji edit

    互

    (common “Jōyō” kanji)

    1. mutually, reciprocally

    Readings edit

    Compounds edit

    Compounds

    Korean edit

    Hanja edit

    互 (eum 호 (ho))

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    Vietnamese edit

    Han character edit

    互: Hán Nôm readings: hỗ, hổ

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    References edit

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