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菏

hé
noun #40,961

Meanings

  1. 1 (in 菏泽) Heze, a city in Shandong
  2. 2 name of an ancient river in Shandong

Examples

菏泽在山东省的西南部。
Hézé zài Shāndōng shěng de xīnán bù.
Heze is in the southwest of Shandong Province.
他回了菏泽老家。
Tā huí le Hézé lǎojiā.
He went back to his hometown of Heze.

Tips

usage
Today 菏 survives almost only in the place name 菏泽. Don't confuse it with the look-alike 荷 (lotus), different grass-top character, different meaning.

Components

radical
艹 cǎo
grass; plant
The grass radical 艹 sits on top, marking this as a plant- or place-related word; it appears here because the character was originally tied to a riverside locale.
phonetic
河 hé
river
河 ('river') gives both the sound hé and a watery hint fitting the original river name.

Stroke Order

菏 hé