Other Forms FormsHǔ, Hù (Pinyin) Ku, Ko, Tora (Japanese)
Meaning & History
Derived from the Chinese character 虎 (hǔ) meaning "tiger; brave" or 祜 (hù) meaning "favor from heaven; blessing". Other characters combinations are also possible.
From Egyptian hw "utterance, annunciation". Hu was the deification of the first word, the word of creation, that Atum was said to have exclaimed upon ejaculating in his masturbatory act of creating the Ennead.