户

Tap the pinyin to hear it

a household; door; family

Sound it out + =

Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

Pictograph (象形字)

Simplified form of 戶; a door swinging on its hinge

Components 丶尸

door · Heisig RSH #896

a drop of + flag

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
大户人家	dà hù rén jiā	(idiom) wealthy, prominent family
数字用户线路	shù zì yòng hù xiàn lù	digital subscriber line (DSL)
门户之见	mén hù zhī jiàn	sectarian bias; parochialism
安家落户	ān jiā luò hù	to make one's home in a place; to settle
自立门户	zì lì mén hù	to form one's own group or school of thought; to set up one's own business; to establish o…
足不出户	zú bù chū hù	(idiom) to not leave one's home; to stay indoors
门户开放	mén hù kāi fàng	open door policy; Egyptian President Sadat's infitah policy towards investment and relatio…
户口制度	hù kǒu zhì dù	PRC system of compulsory registration
户口本	hù kǒu běn	household register; household registration booklet; residence certificate
图形用户界面	tú xíng yòng hù jiè miàn	graphical user interface (GUI)
门当户对	mén dāng hù duì	the families are well-matched in terms of social status (idiom); (of a prospective marriag…
多用户	duō yòng hù	multiuser
户口制	hù kǒu zhì	PRC system of compulsory registration of households
报户口	bào hù kǒu	to apply for residence; to register a birth
日活用户	rì huó yòng hù	daily active users (of a website, service etc)
用户线	yòng hù xiàn	subscriber line
用户界面	yòng hù jiè miàn	user interface
用户名	yòng hù míng	username; user ID
大户	dà hù	great family; rich family; large landlord; conspicuous spender or consumer
水户	Shuǐ hù	Mito (city in Japan)

These characters use 户 as their sound component — compare how they read.