葫
used in 葫蘆|葫芦[hu2 lu5]
12 strokes
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How 葫 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
艹 (semantic, “plant”) + 胡 (phonetic, hú)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 胡
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 胡 (hú) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 胡 sound component | hú | recklessly, foolishly; wildly |
| 湖 | hú | lake; Hubei, Hunan; bluish-green |
| 糊 | hú | muddled; paste; to stick on with paste |
| 蝴 | hú | butterfly |
| 瑚 | hú | coral |
| 鹕 | hú | pelican |
| 猢 | hú | a kind of monkey found in western China |
| 醐 | hú | the purest cream |
Words containing 葫
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 葫芦里卖的是什么药 | hú lu lǐ mài de shì shén me yào | what has (he) got up (his) sleeve?; what's going on? |
| 手拉葫芦 | shǒu lā hú lu | hand chain pulley block |
| 气动葫芦 | qì dòng hú lu | pneumatic hoist pulley |
| 电动葫芦 | diàn dòng hú lu | electric chain pulley block |
| 葫芦岛市 | Hú lú dǎo Shì | Huludao, prefecture-level city in Liaoning Province 遼寧省|辽宁省[Liao2 ning2 Sheng3] |
| 手板葫芦 | shǒu bǎn hú lu | lever pulley block |
| 起重葫芦 | qǐ chóng hú lu | hoist pulley |
| 宝葫芦的秘密 | Bǎo hú lu de Mì mì | Secret of the Magic Gourd (1958), prize-winning children's fairy tale by Zhang Tianyi 張天翼|… |
| 冰糖葫芦 | bīng táng hú lu | sugar-coated Chinese hawthorn or other fruit on a bamboo skewer; tanghulu |
| 依样画葫芦 | yī yàng huà hú lu | lit. to draw a gourd from the model (idiom); fig. to copy sth mechanically without attempt… |
| 水葫芦 | shuǐ hú lu | water hyacinth (Pontederia crassipes) |
| 马葫芦 | mǎ hú lu | (dialect) (loanword) manhole |
| 西葫芦 | xī hú lu | zucchini; courgette; baby marrow |
| 葫芦巴 | hú lú bā | fenugreek |
| 按下葫芦浮起瓢 | àn xià hú lú fú qǐ piáo | solve one problem only to find another cropping up |
| 葫芦岛 | Hú lú dǎo | see 葫蘆島市|葫芦岛市[Hu2 lu2 dao3 Shi4] |
| 提葫芦 | tí hú lú | variant of 提壺蘆|提壶芦[ti2 hu2 lu2] |
| 宝葫芦 | bǎo hú lu | magic gourd, granting your every wish |
| 葫芦丝 | hú lú sī | hulusi, aka cucurbit flute (a kind of free reed wind instrument) |
| 糖葫芦 | táng hú lu | sugar-coated Chinese hawthorn or other fruit on a bamboo skewer; tanghulu |