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怙 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
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怙 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
怙 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
怙 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
怙 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
怙 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
怙 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
怙 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now

怙 Stroke Order — How to Write 怙

Stroke Order

怙 is written in 8 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 忄, 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.

怙 Radical and Character Components

Components:忄古

怙 is a phono-semantic compound: 忄 (heart) carries the meaning, while 古 indicates the sound.

Radical: 忄 + 5 more strokes

怙 Pronunciation and Pinyin

  • hù

Meanings of 怙 in Chinese

1

hù怙

To rely on, to presume upon (often in a negative sense); or used in specific phrases like '怙恃' (parents) or '失怙' (to lose one's father).
他从小失怙，是奶奶把他抚养长大。
He lost his father when he was young, and his grandmother raised him.

Common Words and Phrases with 怙

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hù怙shì恃
Parents; father and mother (often in a literary context).
他自幼失去怙恃，靠着亲友的帮助才得以完成学业。
Having lost his parents at a young age, he was only able to complete his studies with the help of relatives and friends.

Idioms with 怙

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Questions about 怙

What does 怙 mean in Chinese?

怙 (hù) means “To rely on, to presume upon (often in a negative sense); or used in specific phrases like '怙恃' (parents) or '失怙' (to lose one's father)” in Chinese.

How do you pronounce 怙?

怙 is pronounced hù in Mandarin Chinese.

How many strokes does 怙 have?

怙 has 8 strokes.

How do you write 怙?

怙 is written in 8 strokes, starting from the radical 忄. See the animated stroke order on this page.

What is the radical of 怙?

The radical of 怙 is 忄, and 怙 is a phono-semantic compound.