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藿

huò
noun #94,052

Meanings

  1. 1 bean leaves (archaic)
  2. 2 short for the herb agastache (patchouli/wrinkled giant hyssop)

Examples

HSK 5
古代平民吃藿等粗菜。
Gǔdài píngmín chī huò děng cū cài.
In ancient times common people ate bean leaves and coarse greens.
HSK 7-9
藿香正气水是常见的夏季药。
Huòxiāng Zhèngqì Shuǐ shì chángjiàn de xiàjì yào.
Huoxiang Zhengqi Water is a common summer remedy.

Tips

culture
Today you meet 藿 almost only in 藿香, the medicinal herb agastache, and the well-known patent medicine 藿香正气水. The old 'bean-leaf' sense survives mainly in classical texts.

Components

radical
艹 cǎo
grass; plant (top form)
Top grass radical 艹. It marks 藿 as a plant - bean leaves, or the aromatic herb agastache.
phonetic
霍 huò
suddenly; surname Huo
Under the grass top, 霍 gives the exact sound huò. It is rain 雨 over a bird; here it serves only as the phonetic of 藿香.

Stroke Order

藿 huò