胡

foreign; barbarian

9 strokes. Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names. Newspaper frequency rank 1995.

Readings

• コ (on reading): 胡椒 (こしょう) pepper; 黒胡椒 (くろこしょう) black pepper (Piper nigrum)
• ウ (on reading): 胡散 (うさん) suspicious; 胡乱 (うろん) suspicious-looking
• ゴ (on reading): 胡粉 (ごふん) artists' chalk; 胡麻団子 (ごまだんご) goma dango
• なんぞ (kun reading)
• Read as a whole word: 胡桃 (くるみ) walnut (Juglans spp., esp. Juglans regia); 胡籙 (やなぐい) quiver (worn on the right hip; used from the Nara period onward); 胡桃油 (くるみあぶら) walnut oil

Components

• 古
• 月
• 十 radical ten
• 口 radical mouth
• 月 radical moon; flesh

Kanji containing 胡

• 湖 lake
• 葫 garlic
• 楜 pepper
• 瑚 ancestral offering receptacle
• 糊 paste
• 蝴 butterfly
• 醐 boiled butter
• 餬 rice broth

Words using 胡

• 胡椒 (こしょう) pepper
• 黒胡椒 (くろこしょう) black pepper (Piper nigrum)
• 五胡 (ごこ) Wu Hu (five tribes that migrated into China in 300-500 CE: Xiongnu, Jie, Xianbei, Di, Qiang)
• 柚子胡椒 (ゆずこしょう) condiment paste made from yuzu zest and chili peppers (chile)
• 胡坐 (こざ) sitting cross-legged
• 胡散 (うさん) suspicious
• 胡乱 (うろん) suspicious-looking
• 胡散臭い (うさんくさい) suspicious-looking
• 胡桃 (くるみ) walnut (Juglans spp., esp. Juglans regia)
• 胡籙 (やなぐい) quiver (worn on the right hip; used from the Nara period onward)
• 胡桃油 (くるみあぶら) walnut oil
• 胡桃割り人形 (くるみわりにんぎょう) The Nutcracker (ballet by Tchaikovsky)
• 胡粉 (ごふん) artists' chalk
• 胡麻団子 (ごまだんご) goma dango
• 胡麻斑 (ごまふ) black speckles
• 胡麻和え (ごまあえ) dish dressed with sesame sauce
• 胡麻酢 (ごまず) sesame vinegar
• 胡志明 (ホーチミン) Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969)

39 words in all.

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