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Etymology
Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 古 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "flesh under the chin of a cow", which later shifted to "beard" (now written as 鬍 in traditional characters). Also used pejoratively to refer to foreigners from central Asia, who tended to have more beards than Han Chinese people. This meaning also shifted to "reckless" and "outrageous".
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胡 is a phono-semantic compound combining ⺼ (the meat radical, here indicating a body part) with 古 (gǔ) for its sound. It originally denoted the fleshy wattle under the chin of a cow. This meaning later shifted to "beard", now written 鬍 in traditional characters. The character was then applied pejoratively to Central Asian foreigners, whose fuller beards were seen as a distinguishing trait, and subsequently developed the extended senses of "reckless" and "outrageous". It is also a common surname.
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我今天吃了胡萝卜。
他的胡子很长。
你不要胡闹了。
他经常说胡话。
胡桃很有营养。
他留着长长的胡须。
他擅长拉胡琴。
他胡乱地写了一些字。
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