胡
ウ, コ, ゴ, なんぞ, えびす, くる

barbarian, foreign

JLPT1 G13 S9 F1995

古# hard; dried out + 肉 flesh → rough, dry beard covering the jowls → *barbarian* (← bearded foreigner) → *of foreign origin* (← barbarian foreigners). Compare 蕃.

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