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壕 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
壕 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
壕 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
壕 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
壕 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
壕 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
壕 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now

壕 Stroke Order — How to Write 壕

Stroke Order

壕 is written in 17 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 土, then complete the remaining strokes.

Stroke order matters in Chinese: it keeps the character balanced, and it is how dictionaries and handwriting input methods expect a character to be written.

壕 Radical and Character Components

Components:土豪

壕 is a phono-semantic compound: 土 (earth) carries the meaning, while 豪 indicates the sound.

Radical: 土 + 14 more strokes

壕 Pronunciation and Pinyin

  • háo

Meanings of 壕 in Chinese

1

háo壕

A moat or defensive ditch, typically surrounding a fortified place.
古代的城堡周围通常都挖有很深的壕沟,以增强防御。
Ancient castles usually had deep moats dug around them to enhance defense.
A ditch, trench, or moat, often referring to an excavated channel in the ground for defense, drainage, or separation.
工人们正在挖掘一条新的排水壕沟。
Workers are digging a new drainage ditch.

Common Words and Phrases with 壕

1
háo壕gōu沟
A long, narrow ditch or excavation, often dug for military defense.
他们在花园周围挖了一条壕沟,以防止雨水冲刷土壤。
They dug a ditch around the garden to prevent rainwater from eroding the soil.

More words with 壕

  • qiàn堑háo壕trench
  • chéng城háo壕A moat around a city.
  • gōu沟háo壕ditch; trench
  • yǎn掩háo壕Covered trench
  • hù护chéng城háo壕moat

Idioms with 壕

  • gōu沟mǎn满háo壕píng平overflowing with abundance

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Questions about 壕

What does 壕 mean in Chinese?

壕 (háo) means “A moat or defensive ditch” in Chinese.

How do you pronounce 壕?

壕 is pronounced háo in Mandarin Chinese.

How many strokes does 壕 have?

壕 has 17 strokes.

How do you write 壕?

壕 is written in 17 strokes, starting from the radical 土. See the animated stroke order on this page.

What is the radical of 壕?

The radical of 壕 is 土, and 壕 is a phono-semantic compound.

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