互

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

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
Small seal script

s03386

s03387

Transcribed ancient scripts

L20734

L20735

L20736

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 (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu 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
Note:
  • hu6 - literary (mutual);
  • hou7 - vernacular (to give).
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-qˁaʔ-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
  4. † Alternative form of 䇘 (hù, “a tool to wind up cord”).
  5. † Alternative form of 枑 (hù, “wooden rack”).
  6. † error; mistake
  7. † gate
  8. † crustacean
  9. A surname​.
  10. (Min Nan) To give

Usage notes
  • 互 (hù) usually modifies a verb of one syllable, while its negative 互不 usually modifies a verb of two.

Compounds
  • 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
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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References
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