浩 (hào) is a Chinese character meaning “vast”. It is written from 氵 (water (left-side form)) and 告 (to tell; to announce), side by side, and takes 10 strokes.
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Structure
氵 + 告
Left–right structure
Structure from: 说文解字·水部：浩，澆也。从水告聲（现代字形 ⿰氵告；hanzi-writer-data 笔画核验：笔画 0–2 为「氵」，3–9 为「告」，3+7=10画）
Memory aid
Water (氵) so vast that you have to tell (告) everyone about it — 浩 means vast, mighty.
This is a memory aid, not the historical origin.
Stroke order
10 strokes
In real words
- 浩大hào dàvast; enormous; huge (in scale)浩 = hào
- 浩劫hào jiécatastrophe; great disaster浩 = hào
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All readings
vast; grand
vast; grand; mighty (of water or scale)
水势盛大；泛指广大、众多。 — studyhanzi 编写
Words with this reading
- 浩大hào dàvast; enormous; huge (in scale)浩 = hào
- 浩劫hào jiécatastrophe; great disaster浩 = hào
Sound component
告 family onset shift
Stroke data: hanzi-writer-data (Arphic Public License) · licenses & attributions
Questions people ask about this character
What does 浩 mean?
浩 (hào) means vast; grand; mighty (of water or scale).
How do you pronounce 浩?
It is pronounced hào.
What parts is 浩 made of?
氵 (water (left-side form)) and 告 (to tell; to announce), side by side. The recorded source is: 说文解字·水部：浩，澆也。从水告聲（现代字形 ⿰氵告；hanzi-writer-data 笔画核验：笔画 0–2 为「氵」，3–9 为「告」，3+7=10画）. Components are the building blocks of the shape; the radical used for dictionary lookup is a separate thing.
How many strokes does 浩 have?
10. You can watch the stroke order on this page, or trace it yourself.
What is the radical of 浩?
氵. 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 浩?
Common ones are 浩大 and 浩劫. The reading of 浩 is not the same in every word, so each word on this page shows which reading applies.