荷 (hé)
lotus; Holland/Netherlands (abbr.)
How 荷 is written
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 艹 — grass
- Traditional
- 荷
- Simplified
- 荷 (unchanged)
荷 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- hé
- Holland; the Netherlands; abbr. for 荷蘭|荷兰[He2 lan2]
- hè
- to carry on one's shoulder or back; burden; responsibility
Common words using 荷
- 荷蘭 hélán
- Holland; the Netherlands
- 荷包 hébāo
- small bag; wallet; pouch
- 荷包蛋 hébāodàn
- poached egg
- 荷爾蒙 héěrméng
- hormone (loanword); see 激素[ji1 su4]
- 荷花 héhuā
- lotus
- 荷蘭豆 hélándòu
- snow pea
- 薄荷 bòhe
- field mint; peppermint
- 負荷 fùhè
- load; burden; charge
- 超負荷 chāofùhè
- excess load; an overload; overloaded
- 重荷 zhònghè
- heavy load; heavy burden
- 愛荷華 àihéhuá
- Iowa (US state)
- 愛達荷 àidáhé
- Idaho, US state
荷 in a sentence
池塘裡的荷花開了。
Chítáng lǐ de héhuā kāi le.
“The lotus flowers in the pond have bloomed.”
How common is 荷?
荷 is the 1,425th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 94% of all running text.
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