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CHINESE CHARACTER

huō

豁

豁

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slit

Numbered pinyin
huo1
English meanings
to play Chinese finger-guessing game, opening, stake all, sacrifice, crack, slit, clear, open, exempt (from), liberal-minded

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Left–right structure

Left–right arrangement: left 害; right 谷.

  • Left

    害
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    • Top

      宀
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    • Bottom

      ⿱
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      • Top

        丰
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      • Bottom

        口
  • Right

    谷
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    • Top

      八
    • Bottom

      ⿱
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Meaning & sound clues

谷 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “valley”.

害 is identified as the sound component (hài). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 豁.

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

Decomposition reference

⿰害谷

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

    huō豁kǒu口。

    A gap.

  2. 02

    huō豁kāi开。

    Split open.

  3. 03

    huō豁rán然kāilǎng开朗。

    Suddenly clear.

  4. 04

    huòdá豁达。

    Open-minded.

  5. 05

    bǔ补shàng上huō豁kǒu口。

    Fill the gap.

  6. 06

    xiū修shàn缮wánhǎo完好。

    Repair it.

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