noun #52,270

Meanings

  1. 1 retinue; attendants
  2. 2 to escort (an emperor)
  3. 3 surname Hu

Examples

HSK 7-9
Suí huángdì chūxíng de guānyuán jiào hùcóng.
The officials escorting the emperor on his journey were called the imperial retinue.
HSK 7-9
女将三娘出现水浒传
Nǚjiàng Hù Sānniáng chūxiàn zài Shuǐhǔ Zhuàn lǐ.
The female warrior Hu Sanniang appears in Water Margin.

Tips

usage
mainly survives in 扈从, the attendants escorting a ruler. It is also a surname (same reading, capitalized) and once named an ancient state near today's 西安.

Components

radical
city; settlement
is the city-settlement radical. It originally tied the character to a place name, an ancient state, before the meaning broadened to a ruler's escort and retinue.
phonetic
door; household
on top supplies the sound hù, matching its own reading exactly. It functions as the phonetic element and contributes no meaning here.

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