霍 (fok3 | huo4) : suddenly; rapidly

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霍

fok3

huo4

[1] [adv] suddenly; rapidly; in a flash
[2] [n] a Chinese family name

Stroke count: 16

Level: 3

Radical: (#173)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

霍

This word has been viewed 5169 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 30th Dec 2011 04:27

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霍然 fok3 jin4 = quickly; suddenly

霍亂 fok3 lyun6 huo4 luan4 = cholera

霍亂針 fok3 lyun6 zam1 = anti-cholera vaccine

預防霍亂針 jyu6 fong4 fok3 lyun6 zam1 = anti-cholera vaccine

揮霍 fai1 fok3 hui1 huo4 = [v] spend money without restraint; squander; [adj] lavish spending

霍亂毒素 fok3 lyun6 duk6 sou3 huo4 luan4 du2 su4 = cholera toxin

霍丘 fok3 jau1 huo4 qiu1 = Huoqiu (place in Anhui)

霍林郭勒 fok3 lam4 gwok3 lak6 huo4 lin2 guo1 le4 = Huolin Gol (city in Inner Mongolia)

霍山 fok3 saan1 huo4 shan1 = Huoshan (place in Anhui)

霍城 fok3 sing4 huo4 cheng2 = Huocheng (place in Xinjiang)
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Decimal representation of this word: 霍
Unicode code for this character: U+970d (off-site link)

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