Meaning
a household; door; family
Chinese: 家庭。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “hu” becomes a different word in each tone. 户 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 窗户chuāng huwindow
- 客户kè hùclient; customer
- 账户zhàng hù(bank, computer etc) account
- 用户yòng hùuser; consumer; subscriber; customer
- 户外hù wàioutdoor
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Example Sentence
这栋楼里住着十几户人家。Zhè dòng lóu lǐ zhù zhe shí jǐ hù rén jiā.A dozen or so households live in this building.
这Zhèthis栋dòngclassifier for houses or b楼lóuhouse with more than 1 sto里lǐinside住zhùto live着zhe(ongoing action)十几shí jǐmore than ten户hùa household人家rén jiāhousehold。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
A pictograph of a single-leaf door — half of 门 (a double door). It means ‘door’ and, by extension, a ‘household’.
A way to remember it
One leaf of a door — a single-door household.
Easy to confuse with
- 门‘Gate’: a double-leaf door; 户 is just one leaf of it.