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怙

hù

Character

What 怙 means

1. to rely on
2. father (formal)

Words starting with 怙

• 怙恃hù shìto rely on; father and mother (classical)
• 怙恶不悛hù è bù quānto keep doing evil without a sense of repentance (idiom)

Words containing 怙

• 失怙shī hùto be orphaned of one's father

Characters built on 古

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

• 估gūto estimate
• 居jūto reside; to be (in a certain position); to store up
• 故gùhappening; instance; reason
• 固gùhard; strong; solid
• 苦kǔbitter; hardship; pain
• 胡húnon-Han people, esp. from central Asia; reckless; outrageous
• 姑gūpaternal aunt; husband's sister; husband's mother (old)
• 辜gūcrime; sin

Sounds the same

Read hù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 护to protect
• 户a household; door; family
• 互mutual
• 沪short name for Shanghai
• 糊paste; cream
• 笏(old) ceremonial tablet (held by officials at an audience)
• 扈retinue
• 祜celestial blessing
• 戽water bucket for irrigation
• 楛(tree)
• 瓠gourd
• 岵(literary) mountain covered with vegetation