户 meaning and stroke order
A household; door; family
How to write 户, 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 户
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- a household
- door
- family
How 户 is built
Pictographic character. Simplified form of 戶; a door swinging on its hinge.
How to remember 户
户 (hù) is a picture of a door swinging on its hinge. Think of the dot 丶 on top as the door handle and 尸 below as the door panel hanging from its frame.
户 rarely stands alone in modern speech. It appears in words for doors and households, and in modern words for people who use a service, like 用户 (yònghù) user and 账户 (zhànghù) account. Example: 这个小区有五百户。(Zhège xiǎoqū yǒu wǔbǎi hù.) This community has five hundred households.
Common mistake: Learners often confuse 户 (hù) with 尸 (shī, corpse), which lacks the dot on top, or with 房 (fáng, room), which has 方 under 户. Also note that in 窗户 (chuānghu) the 户 is said in the neutral tone, not hù.
Common words with 户
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 窗户 | chuānghu | window | HSK 4 |
| 客户 | kèhù | client; customer | HSK 5 |
| 用户 | yònghù | user; consumer | HSK 5 |
| 账户 | zhànghù | (bank, computer etc) account | HSK 6 |
| 户外 | hùwài | outdoors; (attributive) outdoor | HSK 6 |
| 住户 | zhùhù | household; inhabitant | HSK 7-9 |
| 挨家挨户 | āijiā-āihù | to go from house to house | HSK 7-9 |
| 家喻户晓 | jiāyù-hùxiǎo | understood by everyone (idiom); well known; a household name | HSK 7-9 |
| 落户 | luòhù | to settle; to set up home | HSK 7-9 |
| 家家户户 | jiājiāhùhù | each and every family (idiom); every household | HSK 7-9 |
| 门当户对 | méndāng-hùduì | the families are well-matched in terms of social status (idiom); (of a prospective marriag | HSK 7-9 |
| 千家万户 | qiānjiā-wànhù | every family (idiom) | HSK 7-9 |
| 帐户 | zhànghù | variant of 賬戶|账户[zhang4 hu4] | |
| 户口 | hùkǒu | population (counted as number of households for census or taxation); registered residence |
户 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Characters that contain 户
Learning 户 makes these easier to recognize and write.
Questions about 户
How many strokes are in 户?
户 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 户 mean?
户 (hù) means a household; door; family. A common word with it is 窗户 (chuānghu), meaning "window".
How do you pronounce 户?
户 is pronounced hù, in the fourth tone (falling).
What is the traditional form of 户?
The traditional form of 户 is 戶. Traditional characters are used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau; 户 is the simplified form used in mainland China and Singapore.
Is 户 on the HSK exam?
Yes. 户 is part of the HSK 4 character list in the HSK 3.0 standard, and you are expected to write it by hand from HSK 3.
Can 户 be used as a measure word?
Yes. 户 counts households or families, as in 三户人家 (sān hù rénjiā), three families. It is common in news, statistics, and talk about neighborhoods.
What is the difference between 户 and 门 for door?
门 (mén) is the everyday word for a door or gate. 户 originally meant a single-leaf door, but today it mostly means household and appears in set words like 窗户 and 门户 (ménhù).