或 huò
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 戈 — spear, lance, halberd
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
或许
huòxǔ
maybe; perhaps
Characters in this word
许 xǔ
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 午 noon
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 或许会下雨。 Huòxǔ huì xià yǔ. It may rain.
- 他或许在家。 Tā huòxǔ zài jiā. He may be home.
- 我或许会去。 Wǒ huòxǔ huì qù. I may go.