How to write 餬

餬 [hú] 名 1. (variant of 糊) Thick congee; thick gruel. It later refers to a gel-like substance made by boiling flour with water. 2. Example: Buckwheat congee, rice congee; paste; preservative in paste (餬药). 动 1. To eat congee or porridge to fill hunger. 2. To apply (paint, paste, etc.). 3. To fool; deceive; palm something off. 1. 寄食，以薄粥供口食。 - To provide food, using thin congee for sustenance. - Reference from "方言" Volume 2: “餬, meaning to provide food.” - Reference from "六书故•工事四": “餬, meaning thin food.” - Reference from "左传•隐公十一年": “I have a brother who cannot cooperate and therefore allows himself to be fed through congee from different places.” - Reference from "莊子•人間世": “To mix needles to treat the string is enough to feed oneself.” - Reference from Tang poet Wang Wei "门下起赦书表": “Eliminate overgenerous food, and provide for those who rely on thin congee.” 2. 稠粥。 - Thick congee. - Reference from "爾雅•釋言": “餬, meaning thick porridge.” Guo Pu commented: “餬, meaning糜 (thick porridge).” - Xie Bing noted: “餬, 糜, 鬻, and 糜 are similar types of food, with the thick one called 糜 and the soupy one called 鬻. 餬 and 饘 are its alternate names.” 3. 涂抹；黏合。后作“糊”。 - To smear; to adhere. Later referred to as “糊.” - Reference from "左传•昭公七年": “Used congee and adhesive to stick.” Tang commentator Kong Yingda noted: “This is similar to how people today use congee to adhere cloth.” 4. 蒙混，粉饰。 - To deceive; to gloss over. - Reference from "儒林外史" Chapter 23: “After knocking his head several times, he exchanged a thousand taels of silver immediately, and the greedy one left without being harmed.”