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CHINESE CHARACTER

huǒ

伙

伙

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group

Numbered pinyin
huo3
English meanings
companion, partner, group, classifier for groups of people, to combine, together

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Left–right structure

Left–right arrangement: left 亻; right 火.

Meaning & sound clues

亻 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “person”.

火 is identified as the sound component (huǒ). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 伙.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿰亻火

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    tā他zhēn真gòu够yìsi意思。

    He's really great.

  2. 02

    héhuǒ合伙zuò做shì事。

    Do things together.

  3. 03

    tónghuǒ同伙。

    An accomplice.

  4. 04

    yī一huǒ伙rén人。

    A group.

  5. 05

    huǒshi伙食。

    Meals.

  6. 06

    jǐ几gè个huǒbàn伙伴。

    A few buddies.

Explore words connected to this character.

  • 伙伴
  • 伙食
  • 合伙
  • 同伙
  • 团伙
  • 大伙儿
  • 好家伙
  • 家伙
  • 小伙子