壺 (hú)

Pot; kettle; classifier for liquid in a pot.

How 壺 is written

Strokes
12
Radical
士 — scholar
Traditional
壺
Simplified
壶

Components

Common words using 壺

水壺 shuǐhú
kettle; canteen; watering can
茶壺 cháhú
teapot; CL:把[ba3]
便壺 biànhú
bed urinal; chamber pot
冰壺 bīnghú
jade pot for cold water; curling (sport); curling puck
噴壺 pēnhú
spray bottle
夜壺 yèhú
chamber pot
懸壺濟世 xuánhújìshì
practice medicine or pharmacy to help the people or public
提壺 tíhú
pelican; same as 鵜鶘|鹈鹕
暖壺 nuǎnhú
vacuum flask; thermos flask
漏壺 lòuhú
water clock; clepsydra
酒壺 jiǔhú
wine pot; wine cup
開壺 kāihú
pot of boiling water

壺 in a sentence

我泡了一壺茶。

Wǒ pào le yī hú chá.

“I brewed a pot of tea.”

How common is 壺?

壺 is the 2,513th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 98.5% of all running text.

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