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厚

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thick; deep or profound; kind; generous; rich or strong in flavor; to favor; to stress

9 strokes Dict coverage rank #1,089 U+539A

How 厚 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

Sunlight 日 and children 子 in a building 厂

components: 厂 日 子

How to remember it

thick · Heisig RSH #124

子 child + cliff + sun

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words containing 厚

WordPinyinMeaning
不知天高地厚 bù zhī tiān gāo dì hòu not to know the immensity of heaven and earth; an exaggerated opinion of one's own abiliti…
有失厚道 yǒu shī hòu dao to be ungenerous
无可厚非 wú kě hòu fēi see 未可厚非[wei4 ke3 hou4 fei1]
厚生相 hòu shēng xiàng minister of health (of Japan, UK etc)
得天独厚 dé tiān dú hòu blessed by heaven (idiom); enjoying exceptional advantages; favored by nature
深情厚意 shēn qíng hòu yì profound love, generous friendship (idiom)
厚生劳动省 Hòu shēng Láo dòng shěng Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (Japan)
厚死薄生 hòu sǐ bó shēng lit. to praise the dead and revile the living; fig. to live in the past (idiom)
厚德载物 hòu dé zài wù with great virtue one can take charge of the world (idiom)
积厚流广 jī hòu liú guǎng deep rooted and influential
未可厚非 wèi kě hòu fēi not to be censured too strictly (idiom); not altogether inexcusable; understandable
厚道 hòu dao kind and honest; generous; sincere
厚脸皮 hòu liǎn pí brazen; shameless; impudent; cheek; thick-skinned
脸皮厚 liǎn pí hòu brazen
厚重 hòu zhòng thick; heavy; thickset (body); massive; generous; extravagant; profound; dignified
厚生省 Hòu shēng shěng Ministry of Health and Welfare (Japan) (replaced in 2001 by 厚生勞動省|厚生劳动省[Hou4 sheng1 Lao2 d…
厚嘴啄花鸟 hòu zuǐ zhuó huā niǎo (bird species of China) thick-billed flowerpecker (Dicaeum agile)
厚报 hòu bào generous reward
厚度 hòu dù thickness
厚积薄发 hòu jī bó fā lit. to have accumulated knowledge and deliver it slowly (idiom); good preparation is the …