(huǒ): meals (abbr. for 伙食[huo3 shi2]), variant of 夥|伙[huo3], companion

(huǒ) is a Chinese character meaning “meals (abbr. for 伙食[huo3 shi2]).” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of (semantic) and (phonetic). It ranks #1046 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, person. Its radical form (person) appears in many related characters such as (rén, person), (shén, what), (jīn, now).

Native pronunciation

Definitions

  1. meals (abbr. for 伙食[huo3 shi2])
  2. variant of 夥|伙[huo3]
  3. companion

Etymology & Origin

pictophoneticperson

Decomposition: ⿰亻火 (layout: left-right)

Stroke Order

1
2
3
4
5
6

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Words & Compounds

HSK Vocabulary with

WordPinyinMeaningHSK
nounxiǎo huǒ ziyoung man4
nounhuǒ bànpartner5
pronoundà huǒ rerhua variant of 大伙[da4 huo3]6

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
huǒ jipartner
jiā huovariant of 家伙[jia1 huo5]
hé huǒ rénpartner
dà huǒeverybody
tóng huǒcolleague
lǎo jiā huovariant of 老家伙[lao3 jia1 huo5]
tuán huǒ(criminal) gang
xiǎo huǒyoung guy
hǎo jiā huomy God!
rù huǒto join a group
hé huǒto act jointly
huǒ shífood
xiǎo huǒ rerhua variant of 小伙[xiao3 huo3]
sàn huǒto disband
dà jiā huǒ r(coll.) everyone
35
Total compounds
20
As first character
51
As last character
29
As middle character

appears in 35 compound words: 20 as the first character, 51 as the last, and 29 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 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

bàn
0.72856,859 co-occurrences
0.47937,812 co-occurrences
mào
0.4683,228 co-occurrences
tuán
0.4238,460 co-occurrences
guān
0.42210,530 co-occurrences
lüè
0.4084,344 co-occurrences
0.40619,800 co-occurrences
0.37510,410 co-occurrences
zuò
0.36420,982 co-occurrences
0.3573,600 co-occurrences

Idioms & Chengyu (2)

dà jiā huǒ rHSK 4+

(coll.) everyone; all of us; you folks

phrase
fàn zuì tuán huǒHSK 6+

a criminal gang

phrase

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

人经常在一起打球,关系非常好。

Zhè huǒ rén jīngcháng zài yīqǐ dǎ qiú, guānxi fēicháng hǎo.

This group of people often plays ball together and has a very good relationship.

Yahoo FinanceFeb 2026

“滶晨II”马年首周末沽2 套现近2700万元

滶 chén I I mǎ nián shǒu zhōu mò gū 2 huǒ tào xiàn jìn 2 7 0 0 wàn yuán

"Luchen II" sold 2 units on the first weekend of the Year of the Horse and cashed out nearly 27 million yuan

Am730Feb 2026

...EA 原业主持货不足1年即赚“1球”|入盘成交

. . . E A yuán yè zhǔ chí huò bù zú 1 nián jí zhuàn 1 qiú rù huǒ pán chéng jiāo

... EA's original owner made "1 ball" in less than 1 year|Transaction of the partnership

百度新闻Feb 2026

出售前女友送的银手镯,剪开发现内芯为30...

xiǎo huǒ chū shòu qián nǚ yǒu sòng de yín shǒu 镯 , jiǎn kāi fā xiàn nèi xīn wéi . . .

Young man sells silver bracelet given by ex-girlfriend, cuts it open to find 30... inside.

百度新闻Feb 2026

守护万家灯火,90后山东小的萧山变电站除夕夜

shǒu hù mò jiā dēng huǒ , hòu shān dōng xiǎo huǒ de xiāo shān biàn diàn zhàn chú xī yè

Guarding the Lights of a Million Homes: A Shao Xian Substation New Year's Eve Night for a Shandong-Born Young Man Born in the 90s

百度新闻Feb 2026

为圆79岁母亲的“北京梦”,小儿包车带15口人进..

wéi yuán suì mǔ qīn de běi jīng mèng , xiǎo huǒ ér bāo chē dài kǒu rén jìn . .

To fulfill his 79-year-old mother's "Beijing dream," a young man chartered a bus to bring 15 family members to...

Tatoeba

史蒂芬·科拜尔是一个好疯狂的家

Shǐ dì fēn · kē bài ěr shì yī gè hǎo fēngkuáng de jiāhuo.

Stephen Colbert is a pretty crazy guy.

Tatoeba

弗雷德是一个懒惰的家

Fúléi dé shì yī gè lǎnduò de jiāhuo.

Fred is a lazy fellow.

Tatoeba

他鄙视那个小子。

Tā bǐshì nàge xiǎohuǒzi.

She scorned the boy.

Tatoeba

我们达成了合协议。

Wǒmen dáchéng le héhuǒ xiéyì.

We have reached a partnership agreement.

Character Family

Homophones — Characters pronounced huǒ

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 伙 (huǒ) mean in Chinese?
伙 (huǒ) primarily means "meals (abbr. for 伙食[huo3 shi2])." It is classified as HSK Level 4, making it an upper-intermediate character. It ranks #1046 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 伙 have?
伙 is written with 6 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 伙?
The radical associated with 伙 is 亻 (person). This radical appears in many characters related to person.
What are the components of 伙?
伙 is composed of: 亻 (semantic), 火 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰亻火 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 伙?
Common words with 伙 include: 伙计 (huǒ ji, "partner"); 家伙 (jiā huo, "variant of 家伙[jia1 huo5]"); 小伙子 (xiǎo huǒ zi, "young man"); 伙伴 (huǒ bàn, "partner"); 合伙人 (hé huǒ rén, "partner"). There are over 35 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 伙 (huǒ)?
Several characters share the pronunciation huǒ: 活 (to live), 火 (fire), 或 (maybe), 货 (goods), and 4 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 伙 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 伙 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.