door

Pictograph of a door, similar to the left half of .

Evolution

戶 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
戶 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
戶 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
戶 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
戶 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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door; family, household; a household; family

Most common words with 戶
Freq.
Word
Meaning

客户

client

door

用户

user

窗户

window

账户

bank account

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)

Iconic component in 2 characters (2 verified)

Simplified component in 1 character (1 verified)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*m-qˤaʔ

huX

to stop, to check

*m-qˤaʔ

huX

door


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 40.1089% of movies

903rd most common character in movies

801st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

4

Simplified

Unicode

U+6236

Shuowen

“戶,護也。半門曰戶,象形。,古文戶从木。”


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