葫 — Chinese character
葫
hú
bottle-gourd
- Pinyin
- hú
- Radical
- 140 ⾋ (Grass)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 艹 胡
- Formation
- pictophonetic — plant; meaning component 艹; sound component 胡
- Japanese
- 葫 as a kanji
Common words with 葫
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 葫芦 (葫蘆) | hú lu | calabash or bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria); hoist |
| 西葫芦 (西葫蘆) | xī hú lu | zucchini; courgette; baby marrow |
| 糖葫芦 (糖葫蘆) | táng hú lu | sugar-coated Chinese hawthorn or other fruit on a bamboo skewer; tanghulu |
| 冰糖葫芦 (冰糖葫蘆) | bīng táng hú lu | sugar-coated Chinese hawthorn or other fruit on a bamboo skewer; tanghulu |
| 葫芦丝 (葫蘆絲) | hú lú sī | hulusi, aka cucurbit flute (a kind of free reed wind instrument) |
| 水葫芦 (水葫蘆) | shuǐ hú lu | water hyacinth (Pontederia crassipes) |
| 闷葫芦 (悶葫蘆) | mèn hú lu | lit. closed gourd; fig. enigma |
| 电动葫芦 (電動葫蘆) | diàn dòng hú lu | electric chain pulley block |
| 葫芦巴 (葫蘆巴) | hú lú bā | fenugreek |
| 宝葫芦 (寶葫蘆) | bǎo hú lu | magic gourd, granting your every wish |
| 手扳葫芦 (手扳葫蘆) | shǒu bān hú lu | lever hoist pulley |
| 手拉葫芦 (手拉葫蘆) | shǒu lā hú lu | hand chain pulley block |
English words written with 葫
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.