沪 (hù) is a Chinese character meaning “short name for Shanghai, used in place names, transport”. It is written from 氵 (water (left-side form)) and 户 (door; household), side by side, and takes 7 strokes.
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Structure
氵 + 户
Left–right structure
Structure from: modern-glyph decomposition verified against hanzi-writer-data strokes (3 + 4 = 7); the right part 户 hù carries the same reading as 沪 hù
Memory aid
Water (氵) right at the door (户) of every household — that is the city built where the river meets the sea: 沪, short for Shanghai.
This is a memory aid, not the historical origin.
Stroke order
7 strokes
In real words
- 沪剧hù jùShanghai opera沪 = hù
- 沪语hù yǔShanghainese; the Shanghai dialect沪 = hù
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All readings
Shanghai (abbreviation)
short name for Shanghai, used in place names, transport lines and media names
上海市的简称，多用于地名、交通线路和文艺名称。 — studyhanzi 编写
Words with this reading
- 沪剧hù jùShanghai opera沪 = hù
- 沪语hù yǔShanghainese; the Shanghai dialect沪 = hù
Sound component
户 family exact
Easy to confuse with
Stroke data: hanzi-writer-data (Arphic Public License) · licenses & attributions
Questions people ask about this character
What does 沪 mean?
沪 (hù) means short name for Shanghai, used in place names, transport lines and media names.
How do you pronounce 沪?
It is pronounced hù.
What parts is 沪 made of?
氵 (water (left-side form)) and 户 (door; household), side by side. The recorded source is: modern-glyph decomposition verified against hanzi-writer-data strokes (3 + 4 = 7); the right part 户 hù carries the same reading as 沪 hù. Components are the building blocks of the shape; the radical used for dictionary lookup is a separate thing.
How many strokes does 沪 have?
7. You can watch the stroke order on this page, or trace it yourself.
What is the radical of 沪?
水. 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 沪?
Common ones are 沪剧 and 沪语. The reading of 沪 is not the same in every word, so each word on this page shows which reading applies.