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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

HSK 7-9
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.
HSK 7-9
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