户 (hù) is a Chinese character meaning “a door (esp”. It is written from 丶 (dot stroke) and 尸 (corpse), one above the other, and takes 4 strokes.
Build the character for “door; household”
Four steps: break it apart, build it, recall it, use it in a word.
StartLearn this character
Structure
丶 + 尸
Top–bottom structure
Structure from: IDS 现代字形拆分（与 hanzi-writer-data 笔画核对：第 1 笔为点，第 2–4 笔构成尸）
Memory aid
A single dot (丶) sits on top of 尸 like a latch on a door leaf — 户 is one half of a doorway, and so, one household.
This is a memory aid, not the historical origin.
Stroke order
4 strokes
In real words
- 用户yòng hùuser; account holder户 = hù
- 客户kè hùclient; customer户 = hù
- 佃户diàn hùtenant farming household户 = hù
Go deeper
All readings
door; household
a door (esp. a single-leaf door); a household; an account holder
单扇的门；也指一家人家，或开户的人。 — studyhanzi 编写
Words with this reading
- 用户yòng hùuser; account holder户 = hù
- 客户kè hùclient; customer户 = hù
- 佃户diàn hùtenant farming household户 = hù
Stroke data: hanzi-writer-data (Arphic Public License) · licenses & attributions
Questions people ask about this character
What does 户 mean?
户 (hù) means a door (esp. a single-leaf door); a household; an account holder.
How do you pronounce 户?
It is pronounced hù.
What parts is 户 made of?
丶 (dot stroke) and 尸 (corpse), one above the other. The recorded source is: IDS 现代字形拆分（与 hanzi-writer-data 笔画核对：第 1 笔为点，第 2–4 笔构成尸）. Components are the building blocks of the shape; the radical used for dictionary lookup is a separate thing.
How many strokes does 户 have?
4. You can watch the stroke order on this page, or trace it yourself.
What is the radical of 户?
户. The radical is how the character is filed in a dictionary — it is not the whole story of how the character is built.
What words use 户?
Common ones are 用户 and 客户. The reading of 户 is not the same in every word, so each word on this page shows which reading applies.