劐 · huō

destroy

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin: huō
Cantonese: fok3
Definition source: Unihan kDefinition

destroy

Dictionary definitions & readings

劐 huō · (coll.) to slit with a knife; (variant of 耠 huō) hoe; to loosen soil with a hoe

劐 huò · (literary) variant of 穫 huò

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators: 10357.070:huō,huò,huá Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators: 0509.020:huō Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators: 150.150:huō Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese: huō粵fok3 huò粵wok6 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana: ギャクカクわかつ Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs: 虚郭 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code: TELN Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes: 4240 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions: 0145.020 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions: 509.10 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode: U+5290
Radical: 刀 · 18
Strokes: 15
Residual strokes: 14
Standard list: 通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7755

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Stroke order

15 strokes

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

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History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese: xwak · 虚郭 · 宕合一入唐曉 · #3586

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Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties

kDaeJaweon: 0326.080
kFennIndex: 213.11
kHanYu: 10357.070
kIRGDaeJaweon: 0326.080
kIRGHanyuDaZidian: 10357.070
kIRGKangXi: 0145.020
kKangXi: 0145.020
kKarlgren: 120
kMatthews: 2410
kMorohashi: 02237
kSBGY: 509.10
kSMSZD2003Index: 64.12
kCangjie: TELN
kFenn: 58H
kFourCornerCode: 4240
kMojiJoho: MJ007608
kUnihanCore2020: GH
kIRG_GSource: G0-5865
kIRG_HSource: H-89E4
kIRG_JSource: JMJ-007608
kIRG_KSource: K2-2524
kIRG_TSource: T3-5036
kRSUnicode: 18.14
kTotalStrokes: 15
kCCCII: 216B7C
kCNS1986: E-5036
kCNS1992: 3-5036
kEACC: 216B7C
kGB0: 5669
kGB1: 5669
kTGH: 2013:7755
kXerox: 307:066
kCantonese: fok3
kDefinition: destroy
kFanqie: 虚郭
kHanyuPinyin: 10357.070:huō,huò,huá
kJapanese: ギャクカクわかつ
kJapaneseKun: SAKU
kJapaneseOn: KAKU KYAKU
kKorean: HWAK
kMandarin: huō
kSMSZD2003Readings: huō粵fok3 huò粵wok6
kTGHZ2013: 150.150:huō
kXHC1983: 0509.020:huō

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Structure & connections

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蒦

刂

Shape description
蒦 beside 刂 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, South Korea
Source notation ^⿰蒦刂$(GHK)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰蒦刂$(GHK)

^⿰⿱卝隻刂$(T)

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