chu
/tʃuː/interjection, pronoun
chu is spelled C-H-U: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 3.2 times per million words in written English, the 14,928th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an interjection, chu means “The sound of a kiss” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in chu?
| Letters | 3: C-H-U |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.2 times per million words; the 14,928th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is chu?
Chu appears 3.2 times per million words in written English, the 14,928th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce chu?
- /tʃuː/
Chu has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with chu?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as chu.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: cuh.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
What does chu mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
interjection
- 1
slangThe sound of a kiss.
pronoun
- 1
nonstandardslangYou.
noun
- 1
Initialism of containerized housing unit, a shipping container converted to living space.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does chu come from?
From the Japanese ちゅっ (chu', onomatopoeia).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).