忽 hū
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- Made of
- 勿 must not, do not 心 heart
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
忽然
hūrán
suddenly
Characters in this word
然 rán
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 灬 — fire
- Made of
- 肰 dog meat 灬 fire
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 忽然下雨了。 Hūrán xià yǔ le. Suddenly, it started raining.
- 他忽然笑了。 Tā hūrán xiào le. He suddenly laughed.
- 灯忽然灭了。 Dēng hūrán miè le. The light suddenly went out.