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扈

hù

Character

What 扈 means

1. retinue

Other readings

扈 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Hùsurname Hu

Words containing 扈

• 跋扈bá hùdomineering; bossy
• 嚣张跋扈xiāo zhāng bá hùarrogant and despotic
• 飞扬跋扈fēi yáng bá hùbossy and domineering; throwing one's weight about

Characters that look like 扈

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

• 展zhǎnto spread out; to open up; to exhibit
• 象xiàngelephant; shape; form
• 莫mòdo not; there is none who
• 晨chénmorning; dawn; daybreak
• 粟sùmillet; (metonym) grain
• 衮gǔnimperial robe

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)
• 祜celestial blessing
• 怙to rely on; father (formal)
• 戽water bucket for irrigation
• 楛(tree)
• 瓠gourd
• 岵(literary) mountain covered with vegetation