浩

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grand; vast (water)

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HSK 3.0: Level 7–9
Strokes: 10
Radical: 水 +7
Structure: Left–right 左右
Traditional: 浩
Common rank: #1,972
Unicode: U+6D69

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Formation & memory

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How 浩 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

氵 meaning “water” + 告 sound ( gào )

Components 氵告

How to remember it

vast · Heisig RSH #255

水 water + 口 mouth + 牛 cow

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 浩

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
二连浩特市	Èr lián hào tè Shì	Erenhot, a county-level city in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟\|锡林郭勒盟[Xi1 lin2 guo1 le4 Meng2], Inne…
乌兰浩特市	Wū lán hào tè Shì	Ulanhot, a county-level city in Hinggan League 興安盟\|兴安盟[Xing1 an1 Meng2], Inner Mongolia
呼和浩特市	Hū hé hào tè Shì	Hohhot, prefecture-level city and capital of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region 內蒙古自治區\|内蒙古自治…
二连浩特	Èr lián hào tè	see 二連浩特市\|二连浩特市[Er4 lian2 hao4 te4 Shi4]
浩如烟海	hào rú yān hǎi	vast as the open sea (idiom); fig. extensive (library)
乌兰浩特	Wū lán hào tè	see 烏蘭浩特市\|乌兰浩特市[Wu1 lan2 hao4 te4 Shi4]
锡林浩特市	Xī lín hào tè Shì	Xilinhot, a county-level city in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟\|锡林郭勒盟[Xi1 lin2 guo1 le4 Meng2], Inn…
呼和浩特	Hū hé hào tè	see 呼和浩特市[Hu1 he2 hao4 te4 Shi4]
锡林浩特	Xī lín hào tè	see 錫林浩特市\|锡林浩特市[Xi1 lin2 hao4 te4 Shi4]
浩大	hào dà	vast; huge
浩气	hào qì	vast spirit; nobility of spirit
浩特	hào tè	nomadic camp; town or village (Mongolian: khot)
浩然	Hào Rán	Hao Ran (1932-2008), journalist and proletarian novelist
浩然	hào rán	vast; expansive; overwhelming
浩博	hào bó	vast and plentiful; ample; very many
浩室	hào shì	house (music genre) (loanword)
孟浩然	Mèng Hào rán	Meng Haoran (689-740), Tang Dynasty Poet
迟浩田	Chí Hào tián	Chi Haotian (1929-), Chinese Minister of National Defense 1993-2003
浩荡	hào dàng	vast and mighty (of river or ocean); broad and powerful
浩浩荡荡	hào hào dàng dàng	(idiom) grandiose; majestic

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 告 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
告 sound part	gào	to tell, to inform, to announce; to accuse
造	zào	to build, to construct, to invent, to manufacture
靠	kào	nearby; to depend on, to lean on, to trust
酷	kù	strong, stimulating; ruthless, intense
皓	hào	bright, luminous; clear; hoary
鹄	hú	swan
窖	jiào	cellar, storeroom
锆	gào	zirconium
梏	gù	handcuffs, manacles; fetters
牿	gù	cattle shed
郜	gào	a feudal state in Shantong; surname