户 (hù) — (classifier) for households, families, or registered residences
Definition
户 (hù) is the measure word for households or registered residences — used like English 'households' in census or residential counts. Don't confuse with 门 (mén), which classifies courses, subjects, or branches of technology.
classifier
for householdsfamiliesor registered residences
Easily confused
Examples
- 户。Zhè ge xiǎo qū yǒu sān bǎi hù jū mín.This residential area has three hundred households of residents.
- 户。Quán cūn yí gòng yǒu yì bǎi èr shí hù.The whole village has a total of one hundred and twenty households.
- 。Měi hù dōu shōu dào le shè qū de tōng zhī.Every household received the community notice.
Origin
Pictograph六书liùshū
象形xiàngxíngA drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.
This origin belongs to the traditional form 戶; 户 is its simplified writing.
The traditional form 戶 is a picture of half of a gate. The simplified 户 is a later shorthand, so its shape should not be read as the original parts.
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