墟(xū)

HSK 7-914 strokes

ruins

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Character information

Pinyin
xū
Meaning
ruins; (literary) village; variant of 圩[xu1]; country fair
Strokes
14
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 墟 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿰土虚

In this compound, the meaning comes from 土 (earth); 虚 supplies the sound.

One part carries the meaning, the other suggests the sound.

Made of

土tǔ虚xū

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 墟 step by step

14 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 墟

Common words using 墟 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

fèi废xū墟
HSK 7-9

ruins

Open 废墟 page →
xū墟lǐ里

village

Open 墟里 page →
yīn殷xū墟

Yinxu, ruins of Yinshang 殷商 city at Anyang 安陽|安阳 in Henan province, a World…

Open 殷墟 page →
huá华wū屋qiū丘xū墟

magnificent building reduced to a mound of rubble (idiom); fig. all one's plans in ruins

Open 华屋丘墟 page →

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丁丐丘丙丛丝丫丸

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废里殷华屋丘

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