活(huó)

HSK 29 strokes

to live

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Character information

Pinyin
huó
Meaning
to live; alive; living; work; workmanship
Strokes
9
HSK level
HSK 2
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 活 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿰氵舌

In this compound, the meaning comes from 氵 (water); 舌 supplies the sound.

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

Made of

氵shuǐ舌shé

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 活 step by step

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

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Words with 活

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

kuài快huó活
HSK 5

happy

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fù复huó活
HSK 7-9

to revive

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máng忙huó活
HSK 7-9

to be really busy

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zuò做huó活

to work for a living (esp. of woman needleworker); life of a group of stone…

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quán全huó活

to save life; to rescue; the whole business with all its processes

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chū出huó活

to finish a job on time; to produce the goods

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bù不zhī知sǐ死huó活

to act recklessly (idiom)

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nǐ你sǐ死wǒ我huó活

lit. you die, I live (idiom); irreconcilable adversaries

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万且业为主举久乐

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快复忙做全出不知

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