户
a household; door; family
4 strokes
Dict coverage rank #618 U+6237
How 户 is formed
Pictograph (象形字)
Simplified form of 戶; a door swinging on its hinge
How to remember it
door · Heisig RSH #896
a drop of + flag
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 户 as their sound component
These characters all use 户 (hù) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 户 sound component | hù | door; family |
| 芦 | lú | rushes, reeds |
| 驴 | lǘ | donkey, ass |
| 雇 | gù | employment; to hire, to employ |
| 沪 | hù | Shanghai; the Shanghai river |
| 妒 | dù | jealous, envious |
| 扈 | hù | escort, retinue; insolent |
| 戽 | hù | to bale out; to irrigate |
Words containing 户
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大户人家 | dà hù rén jiā | (idiom) wealthy, prominent family |
| 数字用户线路 | shù zì yòng hù xiàn lù | digital subscriber line (DSL) |
| 门户之见 | mén hù zhī jiàn | sectarian bias; parochialism |
| 安家落户 | ān jiā luò hù | to make one's home in a place; to settle |
| 自立门户 | zì lì mén hù | to form one's own group or school of thought; to set up one's own business; to establish o… |
| 足不出户 | zú bù chū hù | (idiom) to not leave one's home; to stay indoors |
| 门户开放 | mén hù kāi fàng | open door policy; Egyptian President Sadat's infitah policy towards investment and relatio… |
| 户口制度 | hù kǒu zhì dù | PRC system of compulsory registration |
| 户口本 | hù kǒu běn | household register; household registration booklet; residence certificate |
| 图形用户界面 | tú xíng yòng hù jiè miàn | graphical user interface (GUI) |
| 门当户对 | mén dāng hù duì | the families are well-matched in terms of social status (idiom); (of a prospective marriag… |
| 多用户 | duō yòng hù | multiuser |
| 户口制 | hù kǒu zhì | PRC system of compulsory registration of households |
| 报户口 | bào hù kǒu | to apply for residence; to register a birth |
| 日活用户 | rì huó yòng hù | daily active users (of a website, service etc) |
| 用户线 | yòng hù xiàn | subscriber line |
| 用户界面 | yòng hù jiè miàn | user interface |
| 用户名 | yòng hù míng | username; user ID |
| 大户 | dà hù | great family; rich family; large landlord; conspicuous spender or consumer |
| 水户 | Shuǐ hù | Mito (city in Japan) |