豁

3 readings · tap one to hear it

opening; stake all; sacrifice; crack; slit

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

谷 meaning “valley” + 害 sound ( hài )

Components 害谷

breach · Heisig RSH #2592

害 harm + 谷 valley

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
外交豁免权	wài jiāo huò miǎn quán	diplomatic immunity
豁然开朗	huò rán kāi lǎng	suddenly opens up to a wide panorama (idiom); to come to a wide clearing; fig. everything …
豁出去	huō chu qu	to throw caution to the wind; to press one's luck; to go for broke
豁免权	huò miǎn quán	immunity from prosecution
豁然	huò rán	wide and open; a flash of understanding
豁达	huò dá	optimistic; sanguine; generous; magnanimous; open-minded
显豁	xiǎn huò	evident; clear and bright
豁拳	huá quán	variant of 划拳[hua2 quan2]
豁免	huò miǎn	to exempt; exemption
醒豁	xǐng huò	clear; unambiguous
豁楞	huō leng	(dialect) (variant of 劐弄[huo1 leng5]) to mix; to stir; to make trouble
哦豁	ò huō	(dialect) oops!; oh no!; oh snap!

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

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
害 sound part	hài	to injure, to harm; to destroy, to kill
割	gē	to cut, to divide, to partition; to cede
辖	xiá	to control, to have jurisdiction; the linchpin of a wheel
嗐	hài	alas!