荷 (hé): lotus, Holland
荷 (hé) is a Chinese character meaning “lotus, holland.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 艹 (semantic) and 何 (phonetic). It ranks #1418 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 荷 flower. Its radical form 艹 (grass) appears in many related characters such as 花 (huā, flower), 茶 (chá, tea), 菜 (cài, vegetable, dish).
Definitions
- lotus, Holland
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 荷兰proper-noun | hé lán | Holland |
| 薄荷noun | bò he | mint (plant) |
| 荷尔蒙noun | hé ěr méng | (loanword) hormone |
| 荷马proper-noun | hé mǎ | Homer, poet of ancient Greece |
| 薄荷糖noun | bò he táng | mint (confectionery) |
| 荷兰语noun | hé lán yǔ | Dutch (language) |
| 负荷noun | fù hè | load |
| 超负荷verb | chāo fù hè | excess load |
| 荷包noun | hé bāo | embroidered pouch for carrying loose change etc |
| 爱荷华proper-noun | ài hé huá | Iowa, US state (Tw) |
| 荷枪实弹phrase | hè qiāng shí dàn | (idiom) armed |
| 荷包蛋noun | hé bāo dàn | poached egg |
| 电荷noun | diàn hè | electric charge |
| 奥克拉荷马proper-noun | ào kè lā hé mǎ | Oklahoma, US state (Tw) |
| 荷叶 | hé yè | lotus leaf |
荷 appears in 62 compound words: 45 as the first character, 24 as the last, and 31 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 荷 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Showing 1 of 2 idioms containing 荷.
Example Sentences
荷花在夏天盛开，非常美丽。
Héhuā zài xiàtiān shèngkāi, fēicháng měilì.
Lotus flowers bloom in summer and are very beautiful.
爱荷华一家庭将现场聆听川普总统国情咨文演讲
ài hé huá yī jiā tíng jiāng xiàn chǎng líng tīng chuān pǔ zǒng tǒng guó qíng zī wén yǎn jiǎng
An Iowa family will listen to President Trump's State of the Union address
出国荷包失血!泰国六大机场6月起国际离境费大涨...
chū guó hé bāo shī xiě ! tài guó liù dà jī chǎng 6 yuè qǐ guó jì lí jìng fèi dà zhǎng . . .
Blood loss in the wallet abroad! Thailand's six major airports have seen a sharp rise in international departure fees since June...
冬奥会|速滑综合:荷兰老将德容四战奥运首夺金
dōng ào huì sù huá zèng gě : hé lán lǎo jiāng dé róng sì zhàn ào yùn shǒu duó jīn
Winter Olympics|Speed skating comprehensive: Dutch veteran De Jong won his first gold medal in four Olympic games
宜昌高新区23家企业满负荷运转
yí chāng gāo xīn ōu jiā qǐ yè mǎn fù hé yùn zhuǎn
23 Enterprises in Yichang High-Tech Zone Operate at Full Capacity
通讯|荷兰海牙市政厅洋溢浓浓年味儿
tōng xùn hé lán hǎi yá shì zhèng tīng yáng yì nóng nóng nián wèi ér
Communication|The Hague City Hall, The Netherlands, overflows with New Year's flavors
荷兰语与德语关系密切。
Hélányǔ yǔ Déyǔ guānxi mìqiè.
Dutch is closely related to German.
荷兰语是低地法兰克语。
Hélányǔ shì dīdì Fǎlánkè yǔ.
Dutch is a Low Franconian language.
我的梦想是在阿姆斯特丹学习荷兰语。
Wǒ de mèngxiǎng shì zài āmǔsītèdān xuéxí Hélányǔ.
My dream is to study Dutch in Amsterdam.
荷兰的首都是什么？
Hélán de shǒudū shì shén me?
What is the capital of Holland?
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 艹 (flower) component
Frequently Asked Questions
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