壑

壑 · hè

bed of torrent, narrow ravine

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
hè
Cantonese
kok3
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

bed of torrent, narrow ravine

Dictionary definitions & readings

壑 hè · gully; ravine; Taiwan pr. huò

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
10496.020:hè,huò Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0455.090:hè Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
135.200:hè Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
hè粵kok3 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ガク カク たに Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
학:0N Source property ↗
Vietnamese · Quốc ngữ
hác Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
呵各 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
YEG Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
2710.4 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0241.070 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
507.47 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0767a Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+58D1
Radical
土 · 32
Strokes
17
Residual strokes
14
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6223

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

17 strokes
壑
Strokes
17
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

17 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

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

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
xak · 呵各 · 宕開一入唐曉 · #3580

PHONO-ML, source line 18564; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
331.605
kDaeJaweon
0480.300
kFennIndex
157.02
kGSR
0767a
kHanYu
10496.020
kIRGDaeJaweon
0480.300
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
10496.020
kIRGKangXi
0241.070
kKangXi
0241.070
kKarlgren
77
kMatthews
2128
kMeyerWempe
1220a
kMorohashi
05554
kNelson
1150
kSBGY
507.47
kSMSZD2003Index
141.14
kCangjie
YEG
kFenn
710K
kFourCornerCode
2710.4
kHKGlyph
0813
kMojiJoho
MJ009349
kPhonetic
648
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
AGTJHKMP
kIRG_GSource
G0-5B56
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C0A4
kIRG_JSource
J0-545B
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-F2C8
kIRG_KSource
K0-7949
kIRG_TSource
T1-734D
kIRG_VSource
V1-5130
kRSUnicode
32.14
kTotalStrokes
17
kBigFive
C0A4
kCCCII
21386A
kCNS1986
1-734D
kCNS1992
1-734D
kEACC
21386A
kGB0
5954
kGB1
5954
kJis0
5259
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
1089
kTGH
2013:6223
kTaiwanTelegraph
1089
kXerox
272:170
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+4524+32.3.14
kCantonese
kok3
kDefinition
bed of torrent, narrow ravine
kFanqie
呵各
kHangul
학:0N
kHanyuPinyin
10496.020:hè,huò
kJapanese
ガク カク たに
kJapaneseKun
TANI
kJapaneseOn
GAKU KAKU
kKorean
HAK
kMandarin
hè
kSMSZD2003Readings
hè粵kok3
kTGHZ2013
135.200:hè
kTang
*xɑk
kVietnamese
hác
kXHC1983
0455.090:hè

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
17dictionary records using 壑0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
㕡 above 土 · the same shape in all seven regional standards (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam)
Source notation ^⿱㕡土$(GHTJKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱㕡土$(GHTJKPV)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.