互
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mutual
- HSK 3.0
- Level 3
- Old HSK
- Level 4
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 二 +2
- Structure
- Enclosure 包围
- Traditional
- 互
- Common rank
- #1,202
- Unicode
- U+4E92
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
mutual · Heisig RSH #681
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Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 互
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 互通有无 | (idiom) mutual exchange of assistance; to benefit from each other's strengths and make up … | |
| 互助土族自治县 | Huzhu Tu Autonomous County, in Haidong City 海東市|海东市[Hai3 dong1 Shi4], Qinghai | |
| 核相互作用 | nuclear interaction | |
| 国家互联网信息办公室 | Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) | |
| 强相互作用 | strong interaction (in particle physics); strong force | |
| 相互作用 | to interact; interaction; interplay | |
| 互动电视 | interactive TV | |
| 电磁相互作用 | electromagnetic interaction (between particles); electromagnetic force (physics) | |
| 开放系统互连 | open systems interconnection; OSI | |
| 互通性 | interoperability (of communications equipment) | |
| 相互关系 | interrelationship | |
| 平等互利 | mutual benefit; to share profits equitably | |
| 互相联系 | mutually related; interconnected | |
| 互相连接 | interlinked | |
| 茶马互市 | old tea-horse market between Tibet, China, Southeast Asia and India, formalized as a state… | |
| 互生叶 | alternate phyllotaxy (leaf pattern) | |
| 国际互联网络 | Internet | |
| 弱相互作用 | weak interaction (in particle physics); weak force | |
| 互联网 | Internet | |
| 互为因果 | mutually related karma (idiom); fates are intertwined; interdependent |
Sound family
These characters use 互 as their sound component — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 互 sound part | mutually, reciprocally | |
| 冱 | freezing; stopped up, closed off |