互

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

Translingual

Stroke order
0 strokes

Han character

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

Derived characters

Additional Derived Characters

References

  • 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

simp. and trad.
 互
alternative forms 弖

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 互
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

Ideogram (指事): 牙 and a distinguishing mark. Early texts often used 互 and 牙 interchangeably.

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

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/
Bernhard
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. * 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

互

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

Compounds

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Definitions

互

  1. (Southern Min) alternative form of 予

Japanese

Kanji

互

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. mutually, reciprocally

Readings

  • Go-on: ご (go, Jōyō)
  • Kan-on: こ (ko)
  • Kun: たがい (tagai, 互い, Jōyō)←たがひ (tagafi, 互ひ, historical)

Compounds

Pronunciation

Kanji in this term
互
ご
Grade: S
goon

Prefix

互(ご) • (go-) 

  1. mutual

Korean

Hanja

互 (eum 호 (ho))

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Vietnamese

Han character

互: Hán Nôm readings: hỗ, hổ

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References

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