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逅

hòu

Character

What 逅 means

1. used in {邂逅|xiè hòu}

Words containing 逅

• 邂逅xiè hòu(literary) to meet sb by chance; to run into sb

Characters built on 后

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

• 垢gòudirt; disgrace
• 诟gòudisgrace; to revile
• 骺hóu(anatomy) epiphysis

Characters that look like 逅

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

• 造zàoto make; to build; to manufacture
• 迫pòto force; to compel; to approach or go towards
• 迷míto bewilder; crazy about; fan
• 颁bānto promulgate; to send out; to issue
• 逝shì(of flowing water or time) to pass by; to pass away; to die
• 迢tiáoremote

Sounds the same

Read hòu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 后empress; queen; (archaic) monarch
• 候to wait; to inquire after; to watch
• 厚thick; deep or profound; kind
• 侯used in 闽侯
• 鲎horseshoe crab
• 堠mounds for beacons
• 垕thick
• 豞grunting of pigs
• 鄇place name
• 郈surname Hou; place name
• 鲘see 鳠