或 huò maybe; perhaps; might
Made up of [戈 gē spear radical 62, 口 kǒu mouth radical 30, 一 yī one radical 1]Made with 8 strokes.
Obscure origin relating to 'territory' guarded by spear
Ancient small seal form
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Also uses 戈 gē component: 成 chéng (to succeed) 戴 dài (to respect) 戋 jiān (narrow) 我 wǒ (I (me)) 戊 wù (fifth (ordinal)) 武 wǔ (martial) 载 zài (to carry) 藏 zàng (treasury) 战 zhàn (to fight) 找 zhǎo (to try to find)
Also uses 口 kǒu component: 吧 bā (supposition or suggestion) 唱 chàng (to sing) 超 chāo (to exceed) 吃 chī (to eat) 船 chuán (boat) 啡 fēi (coffee) 富 fù (rich) 福 fú (good fortune) 告 gào (to tell) 各 gè (each) 宫 gōng (palace) 狗 gǒu (dog) 古 gǔ (ancient) 咳 hāi (sound of sighing) 号 hào (name) 和 hé (together) 合 hé (to close) 喝 hē (drink) 亨 hēng (prosperous) 后 hòu (behind) 回 huí (to circle) 吉 jí (lucky) 叫 jiào (called) 京 jīng (capital) 咎 jiù (fault) 句 jù (sentence) 局 jú (office) 君 jūn (monarch) 咖 kā (coffee) 可 kě (can) 另 lìng (other) 吗 mǎ (?) 命 mìng (life) 名 míng (name) 鸣 míng (to call (birds)) 呢 ne (and you?) 啤 pí (hops) 品 pǐn (article) 如 rú (as) 尚 shàng (still) 事 shì (matter) 史 shǐ (history) 虽 suī (although) 台 tái (typhoon) 唐 táng (Tang) 听 tīng (to listen) 同 tóng (same) 问 wèn (ask) 喜 xǐ (to be fond of) 兄 xiōng (elder brother) 咬 yǎo (to bite) 右 yòu (right) 语 yǔ (language) 员 yuán (person) 曰 yuē (to speak) 占 zhān (to observe) 只 zhī (one) 知 zhī (to know) 周 zhōu (circuit) 足 zú (foot)
Also uses 一 yī component: 百 bǎi (hundred) 丙 bǐng (third in order) 不 bù (no; not) 丑 chǒu (shameful) 旦 dàn (dawn) 德 dé (virtue) 画 huà (to draw) 疆 jiāng (border) 开 kāi (begin) 丽 lì (beautiful) 两 liǎng (pair) 蒙 měng (Mongol) 灭 miè (to extinguish) 且 qiě (and) 世 shì (life) 与 yǔ (to give) 再 zài (again) 正 zhèng (correct)
Different tone
活 huó (to live) 火 huǒ (fire) 灬 huǒ (fire (as radical))Pronunciation
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