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瑚

hú
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (in 珊瑚) coral

Examples

海底的珊瑚美得千姿百态。
Hǎidǐ de shānhú měi de qiānzī-bǎitài.
The coral on the seabed is beautiful in all sorts of ways.
她戴着一条珊瑚项链。
Tā dài zhe yì tiáo shānhú xiàngliàn.
She wore a coral necklace.

Tips

usage
A bound character: in modern Chinese it lives almost only in 珊瑚 (coral). It does not stand alone, so learn the two-character word as a unit.

Components

radical
王 wáng
jade (radical form)
Left 王 here is the jade radical (the side-form of 玉), not 'king'. It groups precious or jewel-like materials, fitting coral as ornamental treasure. Same family as 珊 and 珠.
phonetic
胡 hú
recklessly; non-Han
Right 胡 supplies the sound — hú with no tone shift. It carries no meaning here; the same phonetic appears in 湖 and 蝴, a clean sound family.

Stroke Order

瑚 hú