Chinese Character Wiki

扈

hù

escort

Phonosemantic compound. 邑 represents the meaning and 户 represents the sound.

Components
邑 meaning component

邑  Meaning component

yì

  

city

户 sound component

户  Sound component

hù

  

door

Evolution

扈 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
扈 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
扈 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
扈 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
扈 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

扈  

hù

escort, retinue; insolent; retinue

扈  

Hù

surname Hu

Most common words with 扈
Freq.
Word
Meaning

跋扈

bossy

扈

surname Hu

飞扬跋扈

bossy and domineering

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

滬

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*m-qˤaʔ

huX

hù

to stop


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3917th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+6248

Shuowen

“扈，夏后同姓所封，戰於甘者。在鄠，有扈谷、甘亭。从邑，戶聲。，古文扈从山。”


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