戶 meaning and stroke order
Door; family
How to write 戶, stroke by stroke
4 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 戶
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- a household
- door
- family
How 戶 is built
Pictographic character. A door swinging on its hinge.
Radical: 户 (door), shared by 15 characters on this site.
How to remember 戶
戶 (hù) is a picture of a single door swinging on its hinge. Think of the top stroke as the frame and the shape below as one door leaf, so one door stands for one household.
戶 rarely appears alone in modern speech. It shows up in words about households and accounts, like 用户 (yònghù) user and 账户 (zhànghù) account, and as a measure word for families. Example: 这栋楼住了二十户人家。(Zhè dòng lóu zhù le èrshí hù rénjiā.) Twenty families live in this building.
Common mistake: Learners often confuse 戶 with 尸 (shī, corpse) or 尺 (chǐ, ruler), since they share a similar shape. 戶 has an extra stroke on top. Also note that 窗户 (chuānghu) is said with a neutral tone on 户, not a full fourth tone.
Common words with 戶
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 窗戶 | chuānghu | window | HSK 4 |
| 客戶 | kèhù | client; customer | HSK 5 |
| 用戶 | yònghù | user; consumer | HSK 5 |
| 賬戶 | zhànghù | (bank, computer etc) account | HSK 6 |
| 戶外 | hùwài | outdoors; (attributive) outdoor | HSK 6 |
| 住戶 | zhùhù | household; inhabitant | HSK 7-9 |
| 挨家挨戶 | āijiā-āihù | to go from house to house | HSK 7-9 |
| 家喻戶曉 | jiāyù-hùxiǎo | understood by everyone (idiom); well known; a household name | HSK 7-9 |
| 落戶 | luòhù | to settle; to set up home | HSK 7-9 |
| 家家戶戶 | jiājiāhùhù | each and every family (idiom); every household | HSK 7-9 |
| 門當戶對 | méndāng-hùduì | the families are well-matched in terms of social status (idiom); (of a prospective marriag | HSK 7-9 |
| 千家萬戶 | qiānjiā-wànhù | every family (idiom) | HSK 7-9 |
| 帳戶 | zhànghù | variant of 賬戶|账户[zhang4 hu4] | |
| 戶口 | hùkǒu | population (counted as number of households for census or taxation); registered residence |
Questions about 戶
How many strokes are in 戶?
戶 is written with 4 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 戶 mean?
戶 (hù) means door; family. A common word with it is 窗户 (chuānghu), meaning "window".
How do you pronounce 戶?
戶 is pronounced hù, in the fourth tone (falling).
What is the radical of 戶?
The radical of 戶 is 户, which carries the idea of "door". Dictionaries list 戶 under this radical.
What is the simplified form of 戶?
戶 is a traditional character. Its simplified form is 户, used in mainland China and Singapore.
What is the difference between 戶 and 门 (mén)?
门 is the everyday word for a door or gate. 戶 originally meant a single-leaf door, but today it mostly means household or account and is used inside compound words rather than for a physical door.
Why does 戶 look different from 户?
They are the same character written in different styles. 戶 is the form used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, while 户 with a dot on top is the standard form in mainland China. Both are read hù and mean the same thing.