活
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to live; alive; living; work; workmanship
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Dict coverage rank #290 U+6D3B
How 活 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
氵 (semantic, “water”) + 舌 (phonetic, shé)
How to remember it
lively · Heisig RSH #151
舌 tongue + 水 water
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 舌
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 舌 (shé) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 舌 sound component | shé | tongue; bell clapper |
| 舍 | shè | house, dwelling; to reside, to dwell; to abandon, to give up |
| 适 | shì | match, comfortable; just |
| 括 | kuò | to embrace, to enclose, to include |
| 刮 | guā | to shave; to scrape; to blow |
| 恬 | tián | calm, peaceful; quiet, tranquil |
| 蛞 | kuò | snail, slug; mole cricket |
| 栝 | guā | a builder's frame for measuring |
| 鸹 | guā | crow |
Words containing 活
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 生物活化性 | shēng wù huó huà xìng | bioactivity |
| 活动中心 | huó dòng zhōng xīn | activity center; CL:處|处[chu4] |
| 生活水平 | shēng huó shuǐ píng | living standards |
| 活生生 | huó shēng shēng | real (people); living (artist); while still alive (e.g. skinned alive) |
| 性生活 | xìng shēng huó | sex life |
| 火山活动 | huǒ shān huó dòng | volcanic activity; volcanism |
| 生活美学 | shēng huó měi xué | appreciation of the finer things in life |
| 活动家 | huó dòng jiā | activist |
| 生活作风 | shēng huó zuò fēng | behavior; conduct |
| 活动场地 | huó dòng chǎng dì | place for activities (playground, event venue etc) |
| 有活力 | yǒu huó lì | energetic; vital |
| 体力活 | tǐ lì huó | physical labor |
| 活火山 | huó huǒ shān | active volcano |
| 活动人士 | huó dòng rén shì | activist |
| 活化石 | huó huà shí | living fossil |
| 重活儿 | zhòng huó r | erhua variant of 重活[zhong4 huo2] |
| 活人 | huó rén | living person |
| 活水 | huó shuǐ | naturally flowing water (as opposed to stagnant water) |
| 生活 | shēng huó | to live; life; livelihood |
| 活儿 | huó r | work; (lots of) things to do |