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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- huo2
- English meanings
- alive, live, vivid, save (sb.'s life), activate, save, be
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 氵; right 舌.
Meaning & sound clues
氵 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “water”.
舌 is identified as the sound component (shé). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 活.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
group
confuse; puzzled
or
anger
disaster; misfortune
get
slit
idiot
suddenly; surname
Example sentences
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Related words
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- 养活
- 复活
- 干活儿
- 忙活
- 快活
- 活儿
- 活力
- 活动
- 活期
- 活泼
- 活该
- 活跃
- 激活
- 灵活
- 生活
- 生活费
- 鲜活