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滬
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沪
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river

HSK 10
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Hù
コウ、コ
호
Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 扈 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (滬)
氵 water (drops)+ 扈 escort =
滬 river
氵 Meaning component
shui water (drops)
water
氵 is a component form of 水.
扈 Phonetic component
hù escort
escort, retinue
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Simplified (沪)
氵 water (drops)+ 户 family =
沪 Shanghai
氵 Meaning component
shui water (drops)
water
氵 is a component form of 水.
户 Phonetic component
hù family
door
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Notes
Similar Characters
泪 weep (simp)派 faction涉 ford渔 fish (simp)漁 fishing (trad/jp)柒 number seven染 dye梁 Liang氾 overflow (trad/jp)氿 spring汀 sandbar汁 juice汇 confluence of rivers (simp)汉 Chinese people (simp)汊 a branching stream汐 night tides汒 汔 close汕 basket for catching fish汗 sweat
Chinese
沪 / 滬 [Hù]
short name for Shanghai
Japanese
滬 こ 同音
noun abbrev.obsolete Shanghai (China)
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (12)
朱广沪 [Zhū​Guǎng​hù] #7,036
Zhu Guanghu (1949-), PRC soccer coach
沪上 [Hù​shàng] #14,606
alternative name for Shanghai 上海[Shàng​hǎi]
沪剧 [Hù​jù] #44,718
Shanghai opera
沪宁线 [Hù​Níng​xiàn] #51,254
Shanghai-Nanjing line
沪宁铁路 [Hù​Níng​Tiě​lù] #59,559
Shanghai-Nanjing Railway, a.k.a. Huning Railway
京沪 [Jīng​Hù]
Beijing and Shanghai
京沪高铁 [Jīng​Hù​gāo​tiě]
Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway, completed in 2010
沪宁 [Hù​Níng]
Shanghai and Nanjing
沪江 [Hù​jiāng]
alternative name for Shanghai 上海[Shàng​hǎi]
沪深港 [Hù​Shēn​Gǎng]
abbr. for Shanghai 上海[Shàng​hǎi], Shenzhen 深圳[Shēn​zhèn] and Hong Kong 香港[Xiāng​gǎng]
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