砉 meaning and stroke order
The sound of a whip cracking
How to write 砉, stroke by stroke
9 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 砉
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- sound of a thing flying fast by
- whoosh
- cracking sound
- Taiwan pr. [huo4]
- sound of flaying
How 砉 is built
Components of the character.
Radical: 石 (stone), shared by 114 characters on this site.
How to remember 砉
Picture a stone 石 (shí) at the bottom and 丰 (fēng) stacked on top like a bundle of lines streaking past. Imagine something flying so fast over a rock that it makes a sharp whoosh or crack.
砉 is a rare literary character used as an onomatopoeia for a fast whooshing or cracking sound. You will mostly meet it in classical texts, such as the famous butcher passage in Zhuangzi: 砉然响然 (huā rán xiǎng rán), "with a swish and a crack."
Common mistake: Learners often misread 砉 as 丰 (fēng) or confuse it with 砦 (zhài) because both have 石 at the bottom. Also note it has several readings: huā is the standard mainland reading for the whoosh sense, while huò is the Taiwan pronunciation.
Questions about 砉
How many strokes are in 砉?
砉 is written with 9 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 砉 mean?
砉 (huò) means the sound of a whip cracking.
How do you pronounce 砉?
砉 is pronounced huò, in the fourth tone (falling).
What is the radical of 砉?
The radical of 砉 is 石, which carries the idea of "stone". Dictionaries list 砉 under this radical.
Is 砉 used in modern spoken Chinese?
Almost never. It survives mainly in classical literature and set phrases like 砉然 (huā rán). In everyday speech people use words like 嗖 (sōu) or 哗 (huā) for a whooshing sound.
What does the reading xū mean for 砉?
In the xū reading, 砉 describes the sound of flaying, like skin being separated from flesh. This sense also comes from classical texts and is very rare today.