沪
short name for Shanghai
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,947 U+6CAA
How 沪 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
氵 (semantic, “water”) + 户 (phonetic, hù)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 户
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 户 (hù) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 户 sound component | hù | door; family |
| 芦 | lú | rushes, reeds |
| 驴 | lǘ | donkey, ass |
| 雇 | gù | employment; to hire, to employ |
| 妒 | dù | jealous, envious |
| 扈 | hù | escort, retinue; insolent |
| 戽 | hù | to bale out; to irrigate |
Words containing 沪
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 沪宁铁路 | Hù Níng Tiě lù | Shanghai-Nanjing Railway, a.k.a. Huning Railway |
| 京沪高铁 | Jīng Hù gāo tiě | Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway, completed in 2010; abbr. for 京滬高速鐵路|京沪高速铁路 |
| 沪宁线 | Hù Níng xiàn | Shanghai-Nanjing line |
| 沪深港 | Hù Shēn Gǎng | abbr. for Shanghai 上海[Shang4 hai3], Shenzhen 深圳[Shen1 zhen4] and Hong Kong 香港[Xiang1 gang3… |
| 朱广沪 | Zhū Guǎng hù | Zhu Guanghu (1949-), PRC soccer coach |
| 沪上 | Hù shàng | alternative name for Shanghai 上海[Shang4 hai3]; at (or in) Shanghai |
| 沪语 | Hù yǔ | Shanghainese; Shanghai dialect |
| 沪江 | Hù jiāng | alternative name for Shanghai 上海[Shang4 hai3] |
| 沪综指 | Hù zōng zhǐ | Shanghai composite index (stock market index) |
| 沪宁 | Hù Níng | Shanghai and Nanjing |
| 沪剧 | Hù jù | Shanghai opera |
| 京沪 | Jīng Hù | Beijing and Shanghai |