活
huóTraditional: 活
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Translation
to live; alive, lively
Stroke order
活
Examples
。
Our life is simple.
？
Is he still alive?
。
He has lived for many years.
鱼。
This fish is still alive.
九十。
The old man lived to ninety.
活 (huó) means to live or be alive. It anchors 生活 (life, daily living) and the durative 活着 (to be alive, still living), and as an adjective shades into lively or vivid.
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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 活.
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