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戶: household; door

By January 2, 2014January 28th, 2021Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning

 

戶 [户] hù

measure word | radical 63
: household; door; family

Kun Reading

戸 | と to

noun
: door (esp. Japanese-style)
: (Archaism) entrance (to a home)

On Reading

こ ko

counter
: counter for houses

 Usage:

戶口 hu4kou3: population (# of households); registered residence
[戸口|とぐち toguchi: door; doorway]
戶主 hu4zhu3: head of household
[戸主|こしゅ koshu]
戶外 hu4wai4: outdoor
[戸外|こがい kogai: open air; outdoors]
戶內[户内] hu4nei4: indoors
戶籍 hu4ji2: census register
[戸籍|こせき koseki]
用戶 yong4hu4: user; consumer; subscriber; customer
開戶[开户] kai1hu4: to open an account
個體戶[个体户] ge4ti3 hu4: self-employed; private firm
農戶[农户] nong2hu4: peasant household
客戶 ke2hu4: client; customer
[お客様 | おきゃくさま okyaku sama: guest; visitor; customer]



Japanese common word / Expression-proverb / idiom
江戸 | えど edo: old name of Tokyo
江戸子 | えどこ edoko: true Tokyoite; person born and raised in Edo

戸を開ける | とをあける tooakeru: to open the door
戸を立てる | とをたてる tootateru: to shut a door

火事と喧嘩は江戸の華 | かじとけんかはえどのはな kaji to kenka wa edo no hana
: fights and fires are Edo’s flowers

人の口に戸は立てられず | ひとのくちにとはたてられず hito no kuchi ni to wa taterarezu
: People will talk

Chinese Idiom
戶告人曉 [户告人晓] hu4 gao4 ren2 xiao3
: to make known to every household: to disseminate widely; to shout from the rooftops

家喻戶曉 [家喻户晓] jia1 yu4 hu4 xiao3
: understood by everyone (idiom); well known; a household name

 Etymology:


象形 Pictographic.
Picture of a door.



“Door” Radical 63



簡體 Simplified



Historical/Japanese variant:

 Examples:


客戶是永遠對的。
ke2hu4 shi yong3yuan3 dui4 de.
The customer is always right.

Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary

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