霍
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(literary) suddenly
16 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,053 U+970D
How 霍 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Birds 隹 caught in a sudden storm 雨
How to remember it
all at once · Heisig RSH #1768
雨 rain + turkey
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 霍 as their sound component
These characters all use 霍 (huò) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 霍 sound component | huò | quickly, suddenly; surname |
| 藿 | huò | betony, bishop's wort; lophanthus rugosus |
| 嚯 | huò | a cracking or snapping sound |
Words containing 霍
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 霍普金斯大学 | Huò pǔ jīn sī Dà xué | Johns Hopkins University |
| 霍尔果斯市 | Huò ěr guǒ sī Shì | Khorgos, a county-level city in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture 伊犁哈薩克自治州|伊犁哈萨克自治州[Yi1 li2… |
| 霍比特人 | Huò bǐ tè rén | The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien 托爾金|托尔金 |
| 霍尼亚拉 | Huò ní yà lā | Honiara, capital of Solomon Islands |
| 米哈伊尔·普罗霍罗夫 | Mǐ hā yī ěr · Pǔ luó huò luó fū | Mikhail Prokhorov (1965-), Russian billionaire and owner of the Brooklyn Nets (NBA team) |
| 霍尔果斯 | Huò ěr guǒ sī | see 霍爾果斯市|霍尔果斯市[Huo4 er3 guo3 si1 Shi4] |
| 霍山县 | Huò shān Xiàn | Huoshan, a county in Lu'an City 六安市[Lu4 an1 Shi4], Anhui |
| 霍尔布鲁克 | Huò ěr bù lǔ kè | Holbrook (name); Richard C.A. Holbrooke (1941-2010), US diplomat, influential in brokering… |
| 霍金斯 | Huò jīn sī | Hawkins (name); also written 霍金 |
| 霍城县 | Huò chéng Xiàn | Huocheng, a county in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture 伊犁哈薩克自治州|伊犁哈萨克自治州[Yi1 li2 Ha1 sa4 k… |
| 纳霍德卡 | Nà huò dé kǎ | Nakhodka (city in Russia) |
| 霍州市 | Huò zhōu Shì | Huozhou, a county-level city in Linfen City 臨汾市|临汾市[Lin2 fen2 Shi4], Shanxi |
| 霍布斯 | Huò bù sī | Hobbs (name) |
| 霍巴特 | Huò bā tè | Hobart, capital of Tasmania (Australia) |
| 霍华德 | Huò huá dé | (name) Howard |
| 约翰·霍金斯大学 | Yuē hàn · Huò jīn sī Dà xué | Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore |
| 霍尔姆斯 | Huò ěr mǔ sī | Holmes (name) |
| 霍克海姆 | Huò kè hǎi mǔ | Horkheimer (philosopher) |
| 锡霍特·阿林山脉 | Xī huò tè · Ā lín shān mài | Sichote-Alin mountain range in Russian far east opposite Sakhalin Island |
| 霍克松 | Huò kè sōng | Hokksund (city in Buskerud, Norway) |