huò maybe; perhaps; might

Made up of [ spear radical 62, kǒu mouth radical 30, one radical 1]
Made with 8 strokes.
Obscure origin relating to 'territory' guarded by spear
Ancient small seal form Small seal

Related characters


Also uses component: chéng (to succeed) dài (to respect) ; jiān (narrow) ; (I (me)) ; (fifth (ordinal)) ; (martial) ; zài (to carry) ; zàng (treasury) ; zhàn (to fight) ; zhǎo (to try to find)
Also uses kǒu component: (supposition or suggestion) chàng (to sing) ; chāo (to exceed) ; chī (to eat) ; chuán (boat) ; fēi (coffee) ; (rich) ; (good fortune) ; gào (to tell) ; (each) ; gōng (palace) ; gǒu (dog) ; (ancient) ; hāi (sound of sighing) ; hào (name) ; (together) ; (to close) ; (drink) ; hēng (prosperous) ; hòu (behind) ; huí (to circle) ; (lucky) ; jiào (called) ; jīng (capital) ; jiù (fault) ; (sentence) ; (office) ; jūn (monarch) ; (coffee) ; (can) ; lìng (other) ; (?) ; mìng (life) ; míng (name) ; míng (to call (birds)) ; ne (and you?) ; (hops) ; pǐn (article) ; (as) ; shàng (still) ; shì (matter) ; shǐ (history) ; suī (although) ; tái (typhoon) ; táng (Tang) ; tīng (to listen) ; tóng (same) ; wèn (ask) ; (to be fond of) ; xiōng (elder brother) ; yǎo (to bite) ; yòu (right) ; (language) ; yuán (person) ; yuē (to speak) ; zhān (to observe) ; zhī (one) ; zhī (to know) ; zhōu (circuit) ; (foot)
Also uses component: bǎi (hundred) bǐng (third in order) ; (no; not) ; chǒu (shameful) ; dàn (dawn) ; (virtue) ; huà (to draw) ; jiāng (border) ; kāi (begin) ; (beautiful) ; liǎng (pair) ; měng (Mongol) ; miè (to extinguish) ; qiě (and) ; shì (life) ; (to give) ; zài (again) ; zhèng (correct)

Different tone

huó (to live) ; huǒ (fire) ; huǒ (fire (as radical))

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Pronunciation

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