户 (hù) — HSK 4 Recognition Character: Meaning, Radical & Stroke Order

hù door; family 4 strokes · Radical 户 (door) · HSK 4 recognition character (认读字)

👁 Recognition only: the official HSK 4 syllabus asks you to recognize 户 when reading — handwriting it is not required (that applies to the 150 writing characters). The stroke animation below is optional but helps memory.

Pronunciation & meaning

Pronounced hù.

door
family

Stroke Order & Practice

Click Animate to see the correct stroke order, then Practice to trace it yourself.

户 — 4 strokes, numbered in writing order. 笔顺图（数字为下笔顺序）。

Decomposition

户 breaks down into 2 components arranged as Top + Bottom. Recognizing the components makes the character easier to remember and write.

户 =

丶 top dot

尸 bottom body

Radical

The radical of 户 is 户 — meaning door. Radicals are the indexing components used in Chinese dictionaries; they often hint at a character's broad meaning category.

How the character is built

户 is a pictograph — a stylized image of the thing it names. It originally depicted Simplified form of 戶; a door swinging on its hinge.

HSK 4 Words Containing 户

窗户 chuānghu window

窗户上有很多雨水。

Chuānghu shàng yǒu hěn duō yǔshuǐ.

There is a lot of rainwater on the window.

Tasks Featuring 户 / 相关任务

Words containing 户 appear in these official HSK 4 task scenarios — study the character in context:

📚 交流居住情况、社区情况

Housing & Community · 窗户

FAQ

What does 户 mean in Chinese?

户 (hù) means door; family. It is one of the 441 characters HSK 4 requires you to recognize when reading (认读字).

How many strokes does 户 have?

户 is written in 4 strokes. Use the practice tool above to see the correct stroke order and trace it yourself.

What is the radical of 户?

The radical of 户 is 户 (door).

What is the pinyin for 户?

户 is pronounced hù.

What HSK 4 words use 户?

In our HSK 4 vocabulary, 户 appears in 1 word, including 窗户 (chuānghu). See the full list above.