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飓

颶
jù
noun #84,256

Meanings

  1. 1 hurricane (used in 飓风)

Examples

HSK 5
飓风把无数大树连根拔起。
Jùfēng bǎ wúshù dàshù liángēn báqǐ.
The hurricane uprooted countless trees.
HSK 7-9
一场强烈的飓风横扫海岸。
Yì chǎng qiángliè de jùfēng héngsǎo hǎi'àn.
A powerful hurricane swept across the coast.

Tips

usage
Used only in 飓风 (hurricane). Note that storms over the western Pacific affecting China are usually called 台风 (typhoon); 飓风 is mostly used for Atlantic and Caribbean storms.

Components

radical
风 fēng
wind
The wind radical 风 wraps the outside. It marks this clearly as a kind of wind: a violent storm.
phonetic
具 jù
tool; to possess
具 sits inside the wind frame and gives the exact sound with no tone change. It contributes only the pronunciation here.

Stroke Order

飓 jù