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沪

Hù

Character Traditional 滬

What 沪 means

1. short name for Shanghai

Words starting with 沪

• 沪江Hù jiāngalternative name for Shanghai 上海
• 沪上Hù shàngalternative name for Shanghai 上海; at (or in) Shanghai
• 沪剧Hù jùShanghai opera
• 沪宁Hù NíngShanghai and Nanjing
• 沪语Hù yǔShanghainese; Shanghai dialect
• 沪宁线Hù Níng xiànShanghai-Nanjing line
• 沪综指Hù zōng zhǐShanghai composite index (stock market index)
• 沪宁铁路Hù Níng Tiě lùShanghai-Nanjing Railway, a.k.a. Huning Railway
• 沪深港Hù Shēn Gǎngabbr. for Shanghai 上海

Words containing 沪

• 朱广沪Zhū Guǎng hùZhu Guanghu (1949-), PRC soccer coach
• 京沪Jīng HùBeijing and Shanghai
• 京沪高铁Jīng Hù gāo tiěBeijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway, completed in 2010; abbr. for 京沪高速铁路

Characters built on 户

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

• 护hùto protect
• 雇gùto employ; to hire; to rent
• 炉lústove; furnace
• 妒dùto envy (success, talent); jealous
• 驴lǘdonkey
• 芦lúrush; reed; Phragmites communis
• 庐lúhut
• 扈hùretinue

Characters that look like 沪

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

• 护hùto protect
• 伊yī(old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she")…
• 炉lústove; furnace
• 妒dùto envy (success, talent); jealous
• 驴lǘdonkey
• 泸lúold name of a river in Jiangxi; place name

Sounds the same

Read Hù, tone for tone, but written differently.

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