noun #52,270

Meanings

  1. 1 retinue; attendants
  2. 2 to escort (an emperor)
  3. 3 surname Hu

Examples

Suí huángdì hù
The officials escorting the emperor on his journey were called the imperial retinue.
Hù Shuǐhǔ Zhuàn
The female warrior Hu Sanniang appears in Water Margin.

Tips

usage
mainly survives in , the attendants escorting a ruler. It is also a surname (same reading, capitalized) and once named an ancient state near today's 西安.

Components

radical
city; settlement
is the city-settlement radical. It originally tied the character to a place name, an ancient state, before the meaning broadened to a ruler's escort and retinue.
phonetic
door; household
on top supplies the sound hù, matching its own reading exactly. It functions as the phonetic element and contributes no meaning here.

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