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瑚

hú

Character

What 瑚 means

1. used in {珊瑚|shān hú}

Example sentences

• 珊瑚礁是这个地区的主要景点。
  Shānhújiāo shì zhège dìqū de zhǔyào jǐngdiǎn.
  The coral reef is the region's prime attraction.

Words containing 瑚

• 珊瑚shān húcoral
• 珊瑚礁shān hú jiāocoral reef
• 红珊瑚hóng shān húred coral; precious coral (Corallium rubrum and several related species of marine coral)
• 草珊瑚cǎo shān húSarcandra glabra (botany)
• 贵珊瑚guì shān húprecious coral; red coral (Corallium rubrum and several related species of marine coral)

Characters built on 胡

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

• 湖húlake
• 糊hūto smear; to daub; to cover (a surface with sth sticky or paste-like); Taiwan pr. hú
• 蝴húused in 蝴蝶
• 葫húused in 葫芦
• 鹕húused in 鹈鹕
• 醐húused in 醍醐
• 煳húburnt; to char
• 猢húused in 猢狲

Characters that look like 瑚

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

• 雅yǎelegant
• 湖húlake
• 雄xióngmale; staminate; grand
• 溯sùto go upstream; to trace the source
• 辋wǎngtire; wheel band
• 锲qièto cut; to carve; to engrave

Sounds the same

Read hú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 胡non-Han people, esp. from central Asia; reckless; outrageous
• 壶pot; classifier for bottled liquid
• 蝴used in 蝴蝶
• 湖lake
• 狐fox
• 糊to paste; to glue; blurry; unclear; muddled; (esp. of food) scorched; burnt
• 弧arc
• 斛ancient measuring vessel; fifty liters; dry measure for grain equal to five dou 五斗…
• 和to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
• 葫used in 葫芦
• 鹕used in 鹈鹕
• 槲Mongolian oak (Quercus dentata); see also 槲树