括号
HSK 4 (2021)
括号 (kuòhào) · brackets
括号 (kuòhào) means “brackets; parentheses”. It is written with 2 characters: 括 (to embrace) + 号 (number). It is an HSK 4 word in the 2021 standard.
How 括号 is built
The characters
括 kuò · to embrace
What 括 is made of
- 扌shǒu — hand
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亅 — hook
- 二 — two strokes
- 舌shé — tongue
- 千qiān — thousand
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 十 — ten
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 千qiān — thousand
Origin hint: 扌 gives the meaning, 舌 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
号 hào · number
What 号 is made of
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
- 丂kǎo — obstruction of breath (qi)
- 一 — horizontal stroke
Origin hint: 口 gives the meaning, 丂 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
请把答案写在括号里。Qǐng bǎ dá'àn xiě zài kuòhào lǐ.Please write the answer in the brackets.
括号里的字是什么意思？Kuòhào lǐ de zì shì shénme yìsi?What do the words in the brackets mean?
Questions about 括号
What does 括号 mean?
括号 (kuòhào) means “brackets; parentheses”.
How do you pronounce 括号?
括号 is pronounced kuòhào.
Which HSK level is 括号?
括号 is in HSK 4 (2021).
Related words
- 包括bāokuòto include
- 概括gàikuòto summarize
- 信号xìnhàosignal
- 符号fúhàosymbol
- 号码hàomǎnumber
- 型号xínghàomodel (of a product)
- 挂号guàhàoto register (at a hospital)
- 称号chēnghàotitle
- 号召hàozhàoto call on
- 号hàonumber
Learn 括号 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 52: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.