欻

欻 · xū / hū

sudden, abrupt, quick

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
xū · hū
Cantonese
fat1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

sudden, abrupt, quick

Dictionary definitions & readings

欻 chuā · (onom.) crashing sound

欻 xū · suddenly; also pr. hū

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
32144.040:xū,chuā Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0162.030:chuā 1299.060:xū Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
412.170:xū Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
chuā粵caa1 xū粵fat1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
クツ クチ たちまち Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
훌:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
許勿 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
FFNO Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
9788.2 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0568.160 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
476.35 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+6B3B
Radical
欠 · 76
Strokes
12
Residual strokes
8
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7424

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

12 strokes
欻
Strokes
12
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

12 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
xjut · 許勿 · 臻合三入文曉 · #3345

PHONO-ML, source line 17288; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
730.301
kDaeJaweon
0957.020
kFennIndex
99.11 197.09
kHanYu
32144.040
kIRGDaeJaweon
0957.020
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
32144.040
kIRGKangXi
0568.160
kKangXi
0568.160
kMatthews
2857
kMorohashi
16099
kSBGY
476.35
kSMSZD2003Index
341.04 398.12
kCangjie
FFNO
kFenn
447H
kFourCornerCode
9788.2
kMojiJoho
MJ014776
kPhonetic
294 1568
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G3-4E4C
kIRG_HSource
HB2-D9DB
kIRG_JSource
J1-456F
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-4EBB
kIRG_KSource
K1-7471
kIRG_TSource
T2-3C7E
kRSUnicode
76.8
kTotalStrokes
12
kBigFive
D9DB
kCCCII
22442D
kCNS1986
2-3C7E
kCNS1992
2-3C7E
kEACC
22442D
kGB3
4644
kJis1
3779
kKoreanName
2015
kTGH
2013:7424
kTaiwanTelegraph
2964
kXerox
303:360
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+19474+76.4.8
kCantonese
fat1
kDefinition
sudden, abrupt, quick
kFanqie
許勿
kHangul
훌:1N
kHanyuPinyin
32144.040:xū,chuā
kJapanese
クツ クチ たちまち
kJapaneseOn
KUTSU KUCHI
kKorean
HWUL
kMandarin
xū hū
kSMSZD2003Readings
chuā粵caa1 xū粵fat1
kTGHZ2013
412.170:xū
kTang
xiuət
kXHC1983
0162.030:chuā 1299.060:xū

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 欻0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
炎 beside 欠 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰炎欠$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰炎欠$(GHTJKP)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.