乎 — Chinese character
乎
hū
interrogative or exclamatory final particle
- Pinyin
- hū
- Radical
- 4 ⼃ (Slash)
- Strokes
- 5
- Components
- 丿 丷
- Japanese
- 乎 as a kanji
Common words with 乎
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 几乎 (幾乎) | jī hū | almost; nearly; practically |
| 似乎 | sì hū | it seems; seemingly; as if |
| 不在乎 | bù zài hu | not to care |
| 在乎 | zài hu | to rest with; to lie in; to be due to (a certain attribute); (often used in the negative) to care about |
| 合乎 | hé hū | to accord with; to conform to |
| 近乎 | jìn hu | close to; intimate |
| 关乎 (關乎) | guān hū | to relate to; concerning |
| 出乎意料 | chū hū yì liào | (idiom) unexpected |
| 出乎 | chū hū | due to; to stem from |
| 不外乎 | bù wài hū | nothing else but |
| 微乎其微 | wēi hū qí wēi | a tiny bit; very little |
| 不亦乐乎 (不亦樂乎) | bù yì lè hū | lit. isn't that a joy? (quote from Confucius); fig. (jocular) extremely; awfully |
English words written with 乎
乎 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 10 · Analects 159 · Art of War 7 · Mencius 205 · Zhuangzi 829 · Great Learning 5 · Doctrine of the Mean 55
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 5
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 10
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 23
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 35
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 39
- Analects 1.1
- Analects 1.4
- Analects 1.10
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