互(hù): mutual
HSK 34 strokes
mutual
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Character information
- Pinyin
- hù
- Meaning
- mutual
- Strokes
- 4
- HSK level
- HSK 3
- Traditional
- Same
Origin & structure
Where 互 comes from and how its parts fit together.
Ideograph
⿴二？Two hooks hooking eachother
A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.
Made of
Parts are arranged enclosing.
How to write 互 step by step
4 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.
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Words with 互
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