乎
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(classical particle similar to 於|于[yu2]) in; at; from; because; than; (classical final particle similar to 嗎|吗[ma5], 吧[ba5], 呢[ne5], expressing question, doubt or astonishment)
- HSK 3.0
- Level 4
- Old HSK
- Level 3
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 丿 +4
- Structure
- Overlaid 叠加
- Traditional
- 乎
- Common rank
- #1,359
- Unicode
- U+4E4E
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How 乎 is formed
Components 丿 丷
? unknown part
How to remember it
ooh! · Heisig RSH #1163
water lily
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 乎
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 出乎意外 | beyond expectation (idiom); unexpected | |
| 合乎情理 | reasonable; to make sense | |
| 不外乎 | nothing else but | |
| 出乎意料 | (idiom) unexpected | |
| 满不在乎 | not in the least concerned (idiom); reckless; couldn't give a damn about it; unperturbed; … | |
| 不在乎 | not to care | |
| 近乎同步 | plesiochronous | |
| 神乎其技 | (idiom) brilliant; extremely skillful; virtuosic | |
| 满口之乎者也 | mouth full of literary phrases; to spout the classics | |
| 好学近乎知，力行近乎仁，知耻近乎勇 | to love learning is akin to knowledge, to study diligently is akin to benevolence, to know… | |
| 微乎其微 | a tiny bit; very little; next to nothing (idiom) | |
| 出乎预料 | beyond expectation (idiom); unexpected | |
| 并不在乎 | really does not care | |
| 几乎不 | hardly; seems not | |
| 出乎 | due to; to stem from; to go beyond (also fig. beyond reason, expectations etc); to go agai… | |
| 合乎 | to accord with; to conform to | |
| 吃屎都赶不上热乎的 | (lit.) if you were eating warm shit, it'd be stone cold by the time you finished it (sayin… | |
| 无怪乎 | no wonder (that...) | |
| 于是乎 | (literary) and so; thereupon; thus | |
| 全乎 | (coll.) complete; comprehensive |
Sound family
These characters use 乎 as their sound component — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 乎 sound part | interrogative or exclamatory final particle | |
| 呼 | to breathe, to exhale, to sigh; to call, to shout | |
| 烀 | to simmer, to cook over a slow fire | |
| 轷 | surname |