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浒

滸
hǔ
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 riverbank
  2. 2 the land along a watercourse

Examples

《水浒传》讲的是聚义梁山的英雄故事。
《 Shuǐhǔzhuàn 》 jiǎng de shì jù yì liángshān de yīngxióng gùshi.
Water Margin tells the story of heroes who gathered at Liangshan Marsh.
河浒上长满了芦苇。
Hé hǔ shàng zhǎng mǎn le lúwěi.
Reeds grew thick on the bank of the river.

Tips

history
浒 means the land along a riverbank. It is most famous in the title 《水浒传》 (Water Margin), one of the four great classical novels. A separate local reading xǔ survives only in the Suzhou place name 浒墅关.

Components

radical
氵 shuǐ
water
The water radical in left-side form. It is the meaning anchor: 浒 is the strip of land right beside water, the bank of a river.
phonetic
许 xǔ
to allow; to promise
Supplies the sound, xǔ shifting to hǔ. Its 'allow' meaning plays no role here; it works purely as the phonetic part of the character.

Stroke Order

浒 hǔ