壑
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gully; ravine; Taiwan pr. [huo4]
- Strokes
- 17
- Radical
- 土 +14
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 壑
- Common rank
- #2,647
- Unicode
- U+58D1
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Formation & memory
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How 壑 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A ditch 㕡 carved in the earth 土; 㕡 also provides the pronunciation
Words with 壑
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 放情丘壑 | to enjoy oneself in nature's embrace (idiom) | |
| 胸有丘壑 | far-sighted; astute | |
| 以邻为壑 | to use one's neighbor as a drain; to shift one's problems onto others (idiom) | |
| 山壑 | gullies; valleys | |
| 林壑 | woods and ravines; tranquillity of trees and valleys | |
| 欲壑难填 | (idiom) insatiably greedy | |
| 冰壑 | ice gully | |
| 岩壑 | rocky mountain valley | |
| 壑谷 | low-lying humid terrain | |
| 溪壑 | valley; mountain gorge | |
| 丘壑 | hills and valleys; remote, secluded area | |
| 壑沟 | ditch; narrow strip of water; moat | |
| 沟壑 | gorge; gulch; ravine; deep ditch | |
| 渊壑 | deep valley | |
| 崖壑 | valley; gulley | |
| 涧壑 | valley; ravine |