霍 — Chinese character
霍
huò
quickly, suddenly; surname
- Pinyin
- huò
- Radical
- 173 ⾬ (Rain)
- Strokes
- 16
- Components
- 雨 隹
- Formation
- ideographic — Birds 隹 caught in a sudden storm 雨
- Japanese
- 霍 as a kanji
Common words with 霍
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 挥霍 (揮霍) | huī huò | to squander money; extravagant |
| 霍乱 (霍亂) | huò luàn | cholera |
| 霍霍 | huò huò | (literary) (onom.) sound of sharpening a knife; (coll.) to mess with; to cause harm to (sb or sth) |
| 挥霍无度 (揮霍無度) | huī huò wú dù | (idiom) to squander recklessly; to spend extravagantly |
| 磨刀霍霍 | mó dāo huò huò | (lit.) to sharpen one's sword (idiom); (fig.) to prepare to attack; to be getting ready for battle |
| 霍然 | huò rán | suddenly; quickly |
| 霍乱弧菌 (霍亂弧菌) | huò luàn hú jūn | cholera bacterium (Vibrio cholerae) |
| 霍地 | huò dì | suddenly; abruptly |
| 鸡霍乱 (雞霍亂) | jī huò luàn | fowl cholera |
| 霍乱毒素 (霍亂毒素) | huò luàn dú sù | cholera toxin |
| 霍加狓 | huò jiā pí | variant of 㺢㹢狓 (huò jiā pí) |
| 霍然而愈 (霍然而癒) | huò rán ér yù | to recover speedily (idiom); to get better quickly |
English words written with 霍
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.