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互

互

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

Translingual

Han character

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

References

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

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 互

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 互
Large seal script

L20734

L20735

L20736
Small seal script

s03386

s03387
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 (large seal) and
  • Xu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (互) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
魱 *ɡaː
互 *ɡaːs
冱 *ɡaːs
枑 *ɡaːs

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
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
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 互
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 hù
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ huH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*m-qˤaʔ-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

互

  1. mutually, reciprocally
  2. mutual
  3. crisscrossing; intertwining

Compounds

  • 互不侵犯
  • 互不相讓／互不相让
  • 互保
  • 互信 (hùxìn)
  • 互切互磋
  • 互別苗頭／互别苗头
  • 互利 (hùlì)
  • 互助 (hùzhù, “to help each other”)
  • 互助合作
  • 互助會／互助会
  • 互勉
  • 互動／互动 (hùdòng, “interactive”)
  • 互動媒體／互动媒体
  • 互動式／互动式 (hùdòngshì)
  • 互定
  • 互市
  • 互惠 (hùhuì)
  • 互惠原則／互惠原则
  • 互惠關稅／互惠关税
  • 互感應／互感应
  • 互換／互换 (hùhuàn)
  • 互毆／互殴
  • 互物
  • 互生
  • 互用
  • 互異／互异
  • 互相 (hùxiāng, “each other”)
  • 互相為謀／互相为谋
  • 互粉 (hùfěn, “to follow or friend each other”)
  • 互補／互补 (hùbǔ)
  • 互補色／互补色
  • 互見／互见
  • 互角
  • 互訓／互训
  • 互託肝膽／互托肝胆
  • 互調／互调
  • 互讓／互让
  • 互質／互质
  • 互通
  • 互通有無／互通有无
  • 互選／互选
  • 互鄉／互乡
  • 交互作用
  • 仁智互見／仁智互见
  • 共榮互利／共荣互利 (“to benefit mutually and prosper together”)
  • 利弊互見／利弊互见
  • 反目互毆／反目互殴
  • 平等互惠
  • 犬牙差互
  • 瑕瑜互見／瑕瑜互见
  • 盤互／盘互
  • 相互 (xiānghù)
  • 相互作用 (xiānghù zuòyòng)
  • 社會互動／社会互动
  • 舛互
  • 輪互／轮互
  • 轚互
  • 館際互借／馆际互借
  • 首尾乖互

Japanese

Kanji

互

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. mutually, reciprocally

Readings

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

互 • ‎(ho) (hangeul 호, revised ho, McCune-Reischauer ho)

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Vietnamese

Han character

互 (hỗ, hổ)

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