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葫

hú

bottle-gourd

🔤 Pictophonetic: 艹 (plant) provides meaning, 胡 provides pronunciation

HSK 12 strokes Uncommon (33%)

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艹

cǎo

grass, weed, plant, herb

胡

hú

recklessly, foolishly; wildly

⿱艹胡 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

cǎo

艹

grass, weed, plant, herb

📷 Pictographic: Simplified form of 艸; grass sprouting

3 strokes

hú

胡

recklessly, foolishly; wildly

🔤 Pictophonetic: ⺼ (meat) provides meaning, 古 provides pronunciation

9 strokes HSK 5

gǔ

古

old, classic, ancient

💡 Ideographic: Words passing through ten 十 mouths 口

5 strokes HSK 5

shí

十

ten, tenth; complete; perfect

2 strokes HSK 1

kǒu

口

mouth; entrance, gate, opening

📷 Pictographic: An open mouth

3 strokes HSK 3

jiōng

冂

wide

2 strokes

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

⺼

meat, flesh; organic compound

📷 Pictographic: Meat on the ribs of an animal; compare 肉

4 strokes

Words Using 葫 (23)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

葫 ↗

hú

Allium scorodoprasum / bottle gourd

hú

葫 ↗

Allium scorodoprasum / bottle gourd

宝葫芦的秘密 ↗

bǎohúludemìmì

Secret of the magic gourd (1958), prize-winning children's fairy tale by Zhang Tian'yi [[張天翼|张天翼<ZhāngTiānyì>]]

bǎohúludemìmì

宝葫芦的秘密 ↗

Secret of the magic gourd (1958), prize-winning children's fairy tale by Zhang Tian'yi [[張天翼|张天翼<ZhāngTiānyì>]]

hand chain pulley block

shǒulāhúlu

手拉葫芦 ↗

hand chain pulley block

pelican / same as [[鵜鶘|鹈鹕]]

tíhúlú

提葫芦 ↗

pelican / same as [[鵜鶘|鹈鹕]]

糖葫芦 ↗

tánghúlu

sugar-coated Chinese hawthorn or other fruit on a stick / tanghulu

tánghúlu

糖葫芦 ↗

sugar-coated Chinese hawthorn or other fruit on a stick / tanghulu

葫芦 ↗

húlu

calabash or bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) / hoist / generic term for block and tackle (or parts thereof) / muddled / (poker) full house

húlu

葫芦 ↗

calabash or bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) / hoist / generic term for block and tackle (or parts thereof) / muddled / (poker) full house

葫芦岛 ↗

Húlúdǎo

Huludao prefecture level city in Liaoning province [[遼寧省|辽宁省]] in northeast China

Húlúdǎo

葫芦岛 ↗

Huludao prefecture level city in Liaoning province [[遼寧省|辽宁省]] in northeast China

葫芦岛市 ↗

Húlúdǎoshì

Huludao prefecture level city in Liaoning province [[遼寧省|辽宁省]] in northeast China

Húlúdǎoshì

葫芦岛市 ↗

Huludao prefecture level city in Liaoning province [[遼寧省|辽宁省]] in northeast China

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