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壑

hè

Character

What 壑 means

1. gully
2. ravine
3. Taiwan pr. huò

Words starting with 壑

• 壑沟hè gōuditch; narrow strip of water; moat
• 壑谷hè gǔlow-lying humid terrain

Words containing 壑

• 沟壑gōu hègorge; gulch; ravine
• 丘壑qiū hèhills and valleys; remote, secluded area
• 冰壑bīng hèice gully
• 山壑shān hègullies; valleys
• 岩壑yán hèrocky mountain valley
• 崖壑yá hèvalley; gulley
• 林壑lín hèwoods and ravines; tranquillity of trees and valleys
• 渊壑yuān hèdeep valley
• 溪壑xī hèvalley; mountain gorge
• 以邻为壑yǐ lín wéi hèto use one's neighbor as a drain; to shift one's problems onto others (idiom)
• 欲壑难填yù hè nán tián(idiom) insatiably greedy
• 放情丘壑fàng qíng qiū hèto enjoy oneself in nature's embrace (idiom)
• 胸有丘壑xiōng yǒu qiū hèfar-sighted; astute
• 涧壑jiàn hèvalley; ravine

Characters that look like 壑

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

• 整zhěng(bound form) whole; complete; entire; (before a measure word) whole…
• 餐cānmeal; to eat; classifier for meals
• 鳌áomythological sea turtle
• 螯áochela; nippers; claw; pincers (of crabs, lobsters, scorpions etc)
• 窿lóngcavity; hole
• 螫shì(literary) (of a bee or spider etc) to sting or bite

Sounds the same

Read hè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 贺to congratulate
• 鹤crane
• 赫awe-inspiring; abbr. for 赫兹
• 喝to shout
• 褐brown; gray or dark color; coarse hemp cloth
• 荷to carry on one's shoulder or back; burden; responsibility
• 吓to scare; to intimidate; to threaten
• 和to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence…
• 暍hot
• 嗃scold with severity
• 垎(literary) (of soil) dry and hard; (used in place names)
• 焃fiery; bright