霍

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(literary) suddenly

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HSK 3.0: Level 7–9
Old HSK: Level 6
Strokes: 16
Radical: 雨 +8
Structure: Top–bottom 上下
Traditional: 霍
Common rank: #1,053
Unicode: U+970D

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Formation & memory

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How 霍 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

Birds 隹 caught in a sudden storm 雨

Components 雨隹

How to remember it

all at once · Heisig RSH #1768

雨 rain + turkey

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 霍

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
霍普金斯大学	Huò pǔ jīn sī Dà xué	Johns Hopkins University
霍尔果斯市	Huò ěr guǒ sī Shì	Khorgos, a county-level city in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture 伊犁哈薩克自治州\|伊犁哈萨克自治州[Yi1 li2…
霍比特人	Huò bǐ tè rén	The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien 托爾金\|托尔金
霍尼亚拉	Huò ní yà lā	Honiara, capital of Solomon Islands
米哈伊尔·普罗霍罗夫	Mǐ hā yī ěr · Pǔ luó huò luó fū	Mikhail Prokhorov (1965-), Russian billionaire and owner of the Brooklyn Nets (NBA team)
霍尔果斯	Huò ěr guǒ sī	see 霍爾果斯市\|霍尔果斯市[Huo4 er3 guo3 si1 Shi4]
霍山县	Huò shān Xiàn	Huoshan, a county in Lu'an City 六安市[Lu4 an1 Shi4], Anhui
霍尔布鲁克	Huò ěr bù lǔ kè	Holbrook (name); Richard C.A. Holbrooke (1941-2010), US diplomat, influential in brokering…
霍金斯	Huò jīn sī	Hawkins (name); also written 霍金
霍城县	Huò chéng Xiàn	Huocheng, a county in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture 伊犁哈薩克自治州\|伊犁哈萨克自治州[Yi1 li2 Ha1 sa4 k…
纳霍德卡	Nà huò dé kǎ	Nakhodka (city in Russia)
霍州市	Huò zhōu Shì	Huozhou, a county-level city in Linfen City 臨汾市\|临汾市[Lin2 fen2 Shi4], Shanxi
霍布斯	Huò bù sī	Hobbs (name)
霍巴特	Huò bā tè	Hobart, capital of Tasmania (Australia)
霍华德	Huò huá dé	(name) Howard
约翰·霍金斯大学	Yuē hàn · Huò jīn sī Dà xué	Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
霍尔姆斯	Huò ěr mǔ sī	Holmes (name)
霍克海姆	Huò kè hǎi mǔ	Horkheimer (philosopher)
锡霍特·阿林山脉	Xī huò tè · Ā lín shān mài	Sichote-Alin mountain range in Russian far east opposite Sakhalin Island
霍克松	Huò kè sōng	Hokksund (city in Buskerud, Norway)

Sound family

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

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
霍 sound part	huò	quickly, suddenly; surname
藿	huò	betony, bishop's wort; lophanthus rugosus
嚯	huò	a cracking or snapping sound