呼hū · hu
to breathe, to exhale, to sigh; to call, to shout. 8 strokes, radical 口, first met in HSK 4.
How to write 呼
Strokes 1–3 write 口, then strokes 4–8 write 乎.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 呼 · the stroke-order rules
What 呼 is made of
口 (kǒu, mouth) and 乎 (hū, interrogative or exclamatory final particle).
口 carries the meaning — mouth — and 乎 carries the sound.
Words that use 呼
| 呼吸 | to breathe calmly 让空气进出身体 他们惬意地呼吸清新的空气。They comfortably breathe the fresh air. Lesson 286, 冰海航程与迎宾款待 · 海洋生态与四海远航 · Oceanic Ecology, Aviation & Winter Horizons |
| 招呼 | to greet, to say hello to 见面时热情地问候对方 学者热忱地跟乡亲打招呼。The scholar warmly stopped to greet the villagers. Lesson 374, 励精图治与远途安民 · 经纶济世与战阵长策 · Civic Governance, Wartime Resilience & Social Harmony |
More characters with the radical 口
All 80 of them, and what the radical means, on the 口 radical page.