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劾

hé

Character

What 劾 means

1. to impeach

Example sentences

• 你们美国人也可以弹劾你们的总统。
  You guys in America can impeach your president too.

Words containing 劾

• 弹劾tán héto impeach (an official)
• 参劾cān héto accuse; to impeach; (in imperial China) to level charges against an official

Characters built on 亥

These share the phonetic component 亥 (hài), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 核hépit; stone; nucleus
• 刻kèquarter (hour); moment; to carve
• 咳kécough
• 阂héobstruct
• 颏kēchin

Characters that look like 劾

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 助zhùto help; to assist
• 朋péngfriend
• 勃bóflourishing; prosperous; suddenly
• 劫jiéto rob; to plunder; to seize by force
• 栅zhàfence; also pr. shān
• 贻yíto present; to bequeath

Sounds the same

Read hé, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 和(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. hàn); (math) sum; to make peace
• 河river; (bound form) the Yellow River; (bound form) the Milky Way
• 合to close; to join; to fit
• 何what; how; why
• 盒small box; case
• 核pit; stone; nucleus
• 阂obstruct
• 荷lotus
• 禾(bound form) grain plant; cereal crop
• 阖door; to close; whole
• 曷why; how; when
• 涸to dry; to dry up