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HSK 3 · Body & Health

活

huó

to live; alive

Stroke order of 活

活 is written with 9 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

Water 氵 next to 舌 the tongue: a living creature still drinks and tastes.

Parts: 氵 water + 舌 tongue

Example sentence

这条鱼还活着。

This fish is still alive.

Words with 活

生活life; to live活动activity; event干活儿to work; to do manual labour

More words: Body & Health

手指finger血blood心heart; mind伤injury; to hurt受伤to get injured痛pain; painful感冒to catch a cold; cold困sleepy; to trap胖fat死to die; dead去世to pass away生命life救to save; to rescue毛病fault; problem; illness

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