活 (huó): meaning and stroke order
活 (huó) means to live, alive, living, work, workmanship.
活
- Simplified
- 活
- Traditional
- 活 (same form)
- Pinyin
- huó
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Stroke order of 活
活
- huó to live; alive
- 9 strokes
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Meaning of 活
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huó
- to live
- alive
- living
- work
- workmanship
Radical and structure
- 活
- Radical 水 (Kangxi radical 85) · 9 strokes · 氵 on the left, 舌 on the right
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Words with 活
- 干活 gàn huó to work; to be employed
- 活命 huó mìng life; to survive
- 生活 shēng huó to live; life
- 养活 yǎng huo to provide for; to keep (animals, a family etc)
- 活生生 huó shēng shēng real (people); living (artist)
- 活动 huó dòng to exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc)
- 灵活 líng huó flexible; nimble
- 活泼 huó po lively; vivacious
- 生活费 shēng huó fèi cost of living; living expenses
- 生活方式 shēng huó fāng shì way of life; lifestyle
活 in our stories
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从那以后，奇怪的事发生了：每天他干完活回家，桌子上都有做好的热饭。
cóng nà yǐhòu qíguài de shì fāshēng le měitiān tā gànwán huó huí jiā zhuōzi shàng dōu yǒu zuò hǎo de rè fàn
From then on something strange happened: every day when he came home from work, a hot meal was waiting on the table.
From the story The river-snail girl HSK 4
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“没有金刚钻，别揽瓷器活，”他一边钻一边说，“这句老话说的就是我们这一行。”
méiyǒu jīngāngzuàn bié lǎn cíqì huó tā yìbiān zuān yìbiān shuō zhè jù lǎohuà shuō de jiùshì wǒmen zhè yì háng
"Don't take on porcelain work without a diamond drill," he said as he drilled. "That old saying is about our very trade."
From the story Mending the bowl HSK 7–9 · Level 9
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守仙草的仙童拦住她，两人打了起来。她拼命抢到了仙草，自己也受了重伤，却终于救活了许仙。
shǒu xiāncǎo de xiāntóng lán zhù tā liǎng rén dǎ le qǐlai tā pīnmìng qiǎng dào le xiāncǎo zìjǐ yě shòu le zhòngshāng què zhōngyú jiù huó le Xǔ Xiān
The immortal boys guarding the herb stopped her and they fought. She desperately seized the herb and was badly wounded herself, but at last she brought Xu Xian back to life.
From the story The Legend of the White Snake HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Stories using 活
- The river-snail girl HSK 4
- Mending the bowl HSK 7–9 · Level 9
- The Legend of the White Snake HSK 7–9 · Level 9
- The Dragon Gate and the ordinary fish HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).