弧 (hú): arc
弧 (hú) is a Chinese character meaning “arc.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 弓 (semantic) and 瓜 (phonetic). It ranks #2777 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 弧 bow. Its radical form 弓 (bow) appears in many related characters such as 弟 (dì, younger brother), 张 (zhāng, to open up), 强 (qiáng, stubborn).
Definitions
- arc
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 弧线noun | hú xiàn | arc |
| 弧度noun | hú dù | radian |
| 电弧noun | diàn hú | electric arc |
| 弧形noun | hú xíng | curve |
| 反射弧noun | fǎn shè hú | reflex arc |
| 圆弧noun | yuán hú | arc (segment of a circle) |
| 弧光noun | hú guāng | arc light |
| 大括弧 | dà kuò hú | braces |
| 弧光灯 | hú guāng dēng | arc lamp |
| 弧长noun | hú cháng | arc length |
| 霍乱弧菌noun | huò luàn hú jūn | cholera bacterium (Vibrio cholerae) |
| 余弧 | yú hú | complementary arc |
| 括弧noun | kuò hú | parentheses |
| 岛弧noun | dǎo hú | (geology) island arc |
| 电弧焊 | diàn hú hàn | electric arc welding |
弧 appears in 17 compound words: 41 as the first character, 41 as the last, and 18 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 弧 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
写好弧字需要掌握正确的笔画顺序。
xiě hǎo hú zì xū yāo zhǎng wò zhēng què de bǐ huà shùn xù .
To write the character "弧" correctly, you need to master the proper stroke order.
紧接着，他扬手，一枚飞镖旋转飞出，划过一道弧线，又稳稳落到烟袋锅上。
jǐn jiē zhe , tā yáng shǒu , yī méi fēi 镖 xuán zhuǎn fēi chū , huá guò yī dào hú xiàn , yòu wěn wěn luò dào yān dài guō shàng .
Immediately afterward, he raised his hand, and a dart spun through the air, tracing an arc before landing steadily on the bowl of the tobacco pipe.
这种从小人物到平民英雄的成长弧线，使得整部影片的东方人文底座极其扎实。
zhè zhǒng cóng xiǎo rén wù dào píng mín yīng xióng de chéng cháng hú xiàn , shǐ dé zhěng bù yǐng piàn de dōng fāng rén wén de zuò jí qí zhā shí .
This arc of growth—from an ordinary person to a folk hero—gives the entire film an exceptionally solid foundation in Eastern humanism.
海底下的炼金术:火山岛弧富含黄金的祕密
hǎi de xià de liàn jīn shù : huǒ shān dǎo hú fù hán huáng jīn de 祕 mì
Alchemy Beneath the Sea: The Secret of Gold-Rich Volcanic Island Arcs
...术升级!陕西国钛引进德国ALD真空自耗电弧炉
. . . shù shēng jí ! Shǎn xī guó 钛 yǐn jìn dé guó A L D zhēn kōng zì hào diàn hú lú
...Technological Upgrade! Shaanxi Guotai Introduces German ALD Vacuum Arc Furnace
Character Family
弓 Radical Family — Characters sharing the bow radical
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