How to Write 唿 (hū) — Meaning “whoosh (sound of wind or fire)”

Imagine a person suddenly opening their mouth (口) wide to blow out a candle, making a 'whoosh' sound. The right side 忽 looks like 'sudden'—so think of a sudden puff of air from your mouth.

Write the left radical 口 first (3 strokes), then the right part 忽 (8 strokes). The bottom of 忽 has a heart shape 心, which is often written too wide—keep the radical 口 small and the right side balanced. A common mistake is forgetting the dot in 心 on the lower right.

唿 (hū) is an onomatopoeia for wind or fire, while 呲 (cī or zī) often means to grin or a hissing sound. 咠 (qì) means to whisper or chatter. Visually, 唿 uses 忽 as its phonetic part, while 呲 has 此 (cǐ) and 咠 has 口 on top of 耳 (ear).

唿 is rarely used alone in daily speech; it appears mainly in literature or descriptions to imitate the sound of a strong wind or a flame. The common word 唿哨 (hū shào) means to whistle loudly, often used in martial arts novels to signal or call someone.

Common words containing 唿 include: 唿哨 (hū shào) — to whistle (with the mouth); 唿 (hū) — whoosh (sound of wind or fire).