互相
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 3 (2021)Old HSK 4
互相 (hùxiāng) · each other
互相 (hùxiāng) means “each other; mutually”. It is written with 2 characters: 互 (mutually) + 相 (mutual). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 互相 is built
The characters
互 hù · mutually
What 互 is made of
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
Origin hint: Two hooks hooking eachother (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
相 xiāng · mutual
What 相 is made of
- 木mù — tree
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 八bā — eight
- 十 — ten
- 目mù — eye
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
Origin hint: To stare 目 at a tree 木, meaning to observe (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
我们要互相帮助。Wǒmen yào hùxiāng bāngzhù.We should help each other.
你们互相认识吗？Nǐmen hùxiāng rènshi ma?Do you know each other?
Questions about 互相
What does 互相 mean?
互相 (hùxiāng) means “each other; mutually”.
How do you pronounce 互相?
互相 is pronounced hùxiāng.
Which HSK level is 互相?
互相 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 3 (2021) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
- 互联网hùliánwǎngInternet
- 相互xiānghùeach other
- 相同xiāngtóngidentical
- 相信xiāngxìnto believe
- 相机xiàngjīcamera
- 照相zhàoxiàngto take a photo
- 相比xiāngbǐto compare
- 相当xiāngdāngquite
- 相关xiāngguānrelated
- 相似xiāngsìsimilar
Learn 互相 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 4: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.