# 活

| 活 | U+6D3B, &#27963; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6D3B |
| ← 洺 [U+6D3A] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 洼 → [U+6D3C] |

## Translingual
### Han character

活 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 水竹十口 (EHJR), four-corner 3216$_4$, composition ⿰氵舌)

#### Derived characters

* 𭉉, 𰑺, 𭡭, 𱮏, 𨨱, 𤁪(𬈾), 闊(阔), 萿, 𡎒, 𡞠, 𭝴

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 622, character 18
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17423
* Dae Jaweon: page 1018, character 16
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1609, character 2
* Unihan data for U+6D3B

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 活 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 咶 | *qʰroːds, *qʰroːds, *ɡroːd |
| 話 | *ɡroːds |
| 刮 | *kroːd |
| 鴰 | *kroːd, *koːd |
| 趏 | *kroːd, *kʰroːd |
| 舌 | *ɡroːd, *ɦbljed |
| 姡 | *ɡroːd, *ɡoːd |
| 頢 | *ɡroːd, *koːd |
| 括 | *koːd |
| 活 | *koːd, *ɡoːd |
| 适 | *koːd, *kʰoːd |
| 栝 | *koːd, *l̥ʰeːmʔ |
| 佸 | *koːd, *ɡoːd |
| 髺 | *koːd |
| 聒 | *koːd |
| 銛 | *koːd, *slem, *l̥ʰeːmʔ |
| 葀 | *koːd |
| 懖 | *koːd |
| 筈 | *koːd, *kʰoːd |
| 萿 | *koːd |
| 蛞 | *kʰoːd |
| 闊 | *kʰoːd |
| 秳 | *ɡoːd |
The original form is 𣴠: Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *koːd, *ɡoːd): semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 𠯑 (OC *ɡroːd). Then, the right component was transformed into the variant 舌.

### Etymology 1

Schuessler (2007) proposes possible Austroasiatic etymology; compare Wa-Lawa-Bulang *gɑs "alive (of plants)" & Aslian *gɔs "to live"

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): huó (huo$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ho$^2$
    (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): huó
    (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): ho̊q
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): хуә (huə, I)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): wut$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): vot$^5$
* Gan (Wiktionary): uot$^7$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): fa̍t
    (Hailu, HRS): fad$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): fad$^6$
* Jin (Wiktionary): huah$^5$
* Northern Min (KCR): huă
* Eastern Min (BUC): uăk
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ua$^2$ / uah$^7$ / uoh$^7$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): oa̍h / hoa̍t
    (Teochew, Peng'im): uah$^8$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): ua$^6$ / huag$^4$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^8$weq / $^8$woq
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ho$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: huó
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: huó
*** Wade–Giles: huo$^2$
*** Yale: hwó
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwo
*** Palladius: хо (xo)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu̯ɔ³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (活兒 / 活儿)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: huór
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˊㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: huór
*** Wade–Giles: huo$^2$-ʼrh
*** Yale: hwór
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwol
*** Palladius: хор (xor)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu̯ɔɻ³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: ho$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xo
*** Sinological IPA : /xo²¹/
** (Xi'an)
*** Guanzhong Pinyin: huó
*** Sinological IPA : /xuo²⁴/
** (Nanjing)
*** Nanjing Pinyin: ho̊q
*** Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): hoq$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /xoʔ⁵/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: хуә (huə, I)
*** Sinological IPA : /xuə²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wut$^6$
*** Yale: wuht
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wut$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wud$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /wuːt̚²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: vot$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /vᵘɔt̚³²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: uot$^7$
*** Sinological IPA : /uɵt̚²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fa̍t
*** Hakka Romanization System: fad
*** Hagfa Pinyim: fad$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /fat̚⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: fad$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /fat²/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: fad$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /fat̚⁵/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: huah$^5$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /xuaʔ⁵⁴/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: huă
*** Sinological IPA : /xua²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: uăk
*** Sinological IPA : /uaʔ⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ua$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ua¹³/
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: uah$^7$
*** Sinological IPA : /uaʔ⁴/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: uoh$^7$
*** Sinological IPA : /uoʔ²⁴/
* ua2 - vernacular;
* uah7/uoh7 - literary.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit活 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /xuo³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /xuo²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /xuo⁴⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /xuə⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /xuə⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /xuo⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /xuo²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /xu⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /xuə⁵³/ 幹～ /xuə¹³/ 死～ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /xuə⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /xuɤ⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /xuo²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /xo³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /xo²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /xo³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /xoʔ⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /xuɐʔ⁵/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /xuaʔ⁵⁴/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /xuʌʔ⁵³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /xuaʔ⁴³/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ɦuəʔ¹/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /ɦuəʔ³/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /ɦuoʔ²/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /ɦo²¹³/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /xua²²/ /ua²²/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /uːə¹¹/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /xo²⁴/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /ho²⁴/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /uɵʔ²/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /fat̚⁵/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /fɑt̚⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /wut̚²/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /wut̚²²/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /wut̚²/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /huat̚⁵/ /uaʔ⁵/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /uaʔ⁵/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /xua²⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /uaʔ⁵/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /ua³³/ |
* Middle Chinese: hwat
Rime :
| Character | 活 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 末 (64) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 戸括切 |
| Baxter | hwat |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦuɑt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦʷɑt̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣuɑt̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦwat̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣuɑt̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣuɑt̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ɣuɑt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | huó |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | wut$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ʷˤat/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡoːd/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 活 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | huó |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ hwat › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ɡ]ʷˁat/ |
| English | to live |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 活 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 7585 |
| Phonetic component | 桰 |
| Rime group | 月 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 活 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡoːd/ |

#### Definitions

活
* to live; to exist
    From: Han Feizi, circa 2nd century BCE, translated based on W. K. Liao's version
    Bù shí zé bù néng huó. [Pinyin]
    Unless he eat, he cannot live.
* life; existence
* to make live; to provide food for
* having life; live
* lively; vivid
* flexible; movable; moving; nimble; agile
* flexible; adaptable; fluid
* job; work
    幹活兒／干活儿 ― gàn huór ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
** act of performance
    絕活兒／绝活儿 ― juéhuór ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
       Zhèi ge wǎnghóng méi huór le. [Pinyin]
       (please add an English translation of this usage example)
** (informal) act of sexual intercourse
    器大活兒好／器大活儿好 ― qì dà huór hǎo ― the "tool" (penis) is big, [his] sex is good
** product; produce
* simply; exactly
* alive; living; in a living state
    活捉 ― huózhuō ― to capture alive
    活埋 ― huómái ― to bury alive
* to save (a person's life)
    From: 《佛說罵意經》 (“The Sūtra Wherein the Buddha Speaks of Thoughts about Scolding”); 2nd century CE translation by An Shigao
    Zuò bǎi fósì, bùrú huó yīrén. [Pinyin]
    Building one hundred Buddhist temples cannot compare to saving just one human life.
* (Mainland China Hokkien, emphasis in exclamations) so; how; what
* (Mainland China Hokkien, in rhetorical questions) awful; unable to handle (used after either 會 / 会 or 𣍐 / 𫧃 to mean the same thing)

##### Synonyms

* (having life):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 有生 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 活 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 活 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 活 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 活 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 活 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 活 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 活 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 活 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 活 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 活 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 生 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 生 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 生 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 生 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 生 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 生 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 生 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 活 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 生 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 生 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 生 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 活 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 生 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 活 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 活 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 活 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 活 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 活 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 活 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 活 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 活 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 活 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 活, 健 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 活 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 活 |
* (flexible): 靈活／灵活 (línghuó), 彈性／弹性 (tánxìng)
* (job):
* 執事 / 执事 (zhíshì) (literary)
* 工作 (gōngzuò)
* 差事 (chāishi)
* 差使 (chāishi)
* 穡頭 / 穑头 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
* 職務 / 职务 (zhíwù)
* 頭路 / 头路 (Hakka, Hokkien)
* (product):
* 出品 (chūpǐn)
* 出產 / 出产 (chūchǎn)
* 產出 / 产出 (chǎnchū)
* 產品 / 产品 (chǎnpǐn)
* 產物 / 产物 (chǎnwù)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 何等, 何其, 一何, 何哉, 何等也, 何則 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 多麼, 何等, 何其 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 多麼, 多 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 多麼, 多 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 多 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 多麼, 多 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 多麼, 多 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 多 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 好, 多 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 幾, 幾樣, 好 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 好 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 多 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 好 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 幾, 幾咁 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 幾, 幾咁 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 幾 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 幾 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 幾 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 多麼, 多來 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 幾多 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 若夥, 若 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 偌, 偌爾仔, 活, 活欲 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 偌, 活, 活欲 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 偌, 偌爾仔, 偌仔爾, 活, 活欲 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 偌爾, 偌仔爾 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 偌爾, 偌仔爾 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 偌 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 偌 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 偌 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 若 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 若 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 幾 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 多少, 幾化 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 幾化 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 幾倈, 幾恁 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 幾, 幾多, 好 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 幾, 好 |
* (aweful): 得了 (deliǎo)

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “to live”): 死 (sǐ)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 活(かつ) (katsu)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): guō, kuò (guo$^1$, kuo$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛ, ㄎㄨㄛˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): kut$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: guō
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: guo
*** Wade–Giles: kuo$^1$
*** Yale: gwō
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guo
*** Palladius: го (go)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku̯ɔ⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kuò
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄛˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: kuò
*** Wade–Giles: kʻuo$^4$
*** Yale: kwò
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuoh
*** Palladius: ко (ko)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kut$^3$
*** Yale: kut
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kut$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kud$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰuːt̚³/
* Middle Chinese: kwat
Rime :
| Character | 活 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 末 (64) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 古活切 |
| Baxter | kwat |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kuɑt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʷɑt̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kuɑt̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kwat̚/ |
| Li Rong | /kuɑt̚/ |
| Wang Li | /kuɑt̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kuɑt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | guo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gut$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*koːd/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 活 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 7568 |
| Phonetic component | 桰 |
| Rime group | 月 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 括 |
| Old Chinese | /*koːd/ |

#### Definitions

活
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Only used in 活活 (guōguō).

### Compounds

* 七死八活 (qīsǐbāhuó)
* 上活 (shànghuó)
* 不快活
* 不死不活 (bùsǐ bùhuó)
* 不知死活 (bùzhīsǐhuó)
* 不管死活
* 不顧死活 / 不顾死活
* 乞活
* 休閒活動 / 休闲活动
* 你死我活 (nǐsǐwǒhuó)
* 借茶活捉
* 偷活
* 做活
* 做生活
* 偷生苟活
* 全活
* 出活
* 力氣活 / 力气活
* 半死不活 (bànsǐbùhuó)
* 半死半活 (bànsǐ bànhuó)
* 吃生活
* 四清六活
* 圓活 / 圆活
* 地質活動 / 地质活动
* 夜活
* 天真活潑 / 天真活泼
* 存活 (cúnhuó)
* 存活率 (cúnhuólǜ)
* 守活寡 (shǒuhuóguǎ)
* 家活
* 尋死覓活 / 寻死觅活 (xúnsǐmìhuó)
* 工業活動 / 工业活动
* 巴家做活
* 幹家做活 / 干家做活
* 幹活 / 干活 (gànhuó)
* 康樂活動 / 康乐活动
* 強死強活 / 强死强活
* 復活 / 复活 (fùhuó)
* 復活節 / 复活节 (Fùhuójié)
* 心活
* 心活面軟 / 心活面软
* 忙活
* 快活 (kuàihuo)
* 快活三
* 快活林
* 性生活 (xìngshēnghuó)
* 成活 (chénghuó)
* 戶外活動 / 户外活动
* 扛活 (kánghuó)
* 扛長活 / 扛长活
* 拿手絕活 / 拿手绝活
* 搞活 (gǎohuó)
* 攛趕子活 / 撺赶子活
* 攬活兒 / 揽活儿
* 放死放活
* 救活 (jiùhuó)
* 敗部復活 / 败部复活
* 文娛活動 / 文娱活动
* 新生活
* 木活字
* 歹生活
* 死中求活
* 死去活來 / 死去活来 (sǐqùhuólái)
* 死告活央
* 死拉活拽
* 死模活漾
* 死活 (sǐhuó)
* 死纏活纏 / 死缠活缠
* 死聲活氣 / 死声活气
* 死說活說 / 死说活说
* 死追活追
* 水上活動 / 水上活动
* 水活性
* 永活 (yǒnghuó)
* 沒死活 / 没死活
* 泥活字
* 活人妻
* 活佛 (huófó)
* 活似真的
* 活便
* 活信
* 活像 (huóxiàng)
* 活儲 / 活储
* 活兒 / 活儿 (huór)
* 活分
* 活剝生吞 / 活剥生吞
* 活劇 / 活剧 (huójù)
* 活力 (huólì)
* 活動 / 活动 (huódòng)
* 活動中心 / 活动中心
* 活動分子 / 活动分子 (huódòng fènzǐ)
* 活動卡通 / 活动卡通
* 活動房屋 / 活动房屋
* 活動目標 / 活动目标
* 活動看板 / 活动看板
* 活化 (huóhuà)
* 活化石 (huóhuàshí)
* 活化能 (huóhuànéng)
* 活化部位
* 活受罪 (huóshòuzuì)
* 活口
* 活口米
* 活句
* 活命 (huómìng)
* 活喇喇
* 活地獄 / 活地狱 (huódìyù)
* 活埋 (huómái)
* 活埋人
* 活報劇 / 活报剧 (huóbàojù)
* 活塞 (huósāi)
* 活太歲 / 活太岁
* 活契
* 活套
* 活套頭 / 活套头
* 活字 (huózì)
* 活存 (huócún)
* 活字典 (huózìdiǎn)
* 活字本
* 活字版
* 活學活用 / 活学活用
* 活守寡
* 活寡
* 活寶 / 活宝 (huóbǎo)
* 活寶貝 / 活宝贝
* 活局子
* 活廠經營 / 活厂经营
* 活性 (huóxìng)
* 活性疫苗
* 活性碳
* 活性菌
* 活扣兒 / 活扣儿
* 活捉 (huózhuō)
* 活捉王魁
* 活撮
* 活支
* 活支剌
* 活教材 (huójiàocái)
* 活斷層 / 活断层
* 活會 / 活会
* 活期 (huóqī)
* 活期存款 (huóqī cúnkuǎn)
* 活期放款
* 活棋
* 活機 / 活机
* 活欲 (oa̍h-beh) (Min Nan)
* 活死人
* 活氣 / 活气 (huóqì)
* 活水 (huóshuǐ)
* 活水源流
* 活泛
* 活法 (huófǎ)
* 活活
* 活活潑潑 / 活活泼泼
* 活淘氣 / 活淘气
* 活潑 / 活泼 (huópō)
* 活火
* 活火山 (huóhuǒshān)
* 活現 / 活现 (huóxiàn)
* 活瓣
* 活生生 (huóshēngshēng)
* 活用 (huóyòng)
* 活神仙
* 活神活現 / 活神活现
* 活結 / 活结 (huójié)
* 活絡 / 活络
* 活脫 / 活脱
* 活腳 / 活脚
* 活色生香
* 活著 / 活着
* 活菩薩 / 活菩萨 (huópúsà)
* 活落圈
* 活血 (huóxuè)
* 活血化瘀
* 活襯 / 活衬
* 活見鬼 / 活见鬼
* 活觀音 / 活观音
* 活計 / 活计 (huójì)
* 活話 / 活话
* 活該 / 活该 (huógāi)
* 活變 / 活变
* 活路
* 活蹦亂跳 / 活蹦乱跳 (huóbèngluàntiào)
* 活躍 / 活跃 (huóyuè)
* 活達 / 活达
* 活錢 / 活钱 (huóqián)
* 活門 / 活门
* 活門兒 / 活门儿
* 活閃婆 / 活闪婆
* 活閻王 / 活阎王
* 活靈活現 / 活灵活现 (huólínghuóxiàn)
* 活靶子 (huóbǎzi)
* 活頁 / 活页 (huóyè)
* 活頁夾 / 活页夹
* 活頁紙 / 活页纸
* 活頁裝訂 / 活页装订
* 活頭兒 / 活头儿
* 活饑荒 / 活饥荒
* 活龍坪 / 活龙坪 (Huólóngpíng)
* 活龍活現 / 活龙活现 (huólónghuóxiàn)
* 濟公活佛 / 济公活佛
* 燒活 / 烧活
* 營活 / 营活
* 物質生活 / 物质生活 (wùzhì shēnghuó)
* 特賣活動 / 特卖活动
* 獨門絕活 / 独门绝活
* 生吞活剝 / 生吞活剥 (shēngtūnhuóbō)
* 生擒活拿
* 生擒活捉 (shēngqín huózhuō)
* 生活 (shēnghuó)
* 生活品質 / 生活品质
* 生活圈 (shēnghuóquān)
* 生活型態 / 生活型态 (shēnghuó xíngtài)
* 生活態度 / 生活态度
* 生活教育
* 生活方式 (shēnghuó fāngshì)
* 生活條件 / 生活条件 (shēnghuó tiáojiàn)
* 生活水準 / 生活水准 (shēnghuó shuǐzhǔn)
* 生活照 (shēnghuózhào)
* 生活空間 / 生活空间
* 生活習慣 / 生活习惯
* 生活費 / 生活费 (shēnghuófèi)
* 生活資訊 / 生活资讯
* 生活輔導 / 生活辅导
* 生活領域 / 生活领域
* 生龍活虎 / 生龙活虎 (shēnglónghuóhǔ)
* 社會活動 / 社会活动
* 神氣活現 / 神气活现
* 粗活 (cūhuó)
* 精神生活 (jīngshén shēnghuó)
* 細活 / 细活 (xìhuó)
* 絕活 / 绝活 (juéhuó)
* 經濟活動 / 经济活动
* 網上活動 / 网上活动
* 繡活 / 绣活
* 羌活 (qiānghuó)
* 耍活寶 / 耍活宝
* 耳軟心活 / 耳软心活
* 肺活量 (fèihuóliàng)
* 自強活動 / 自强活动
* 舒筋活血
* 花活 (huāhuó)
* 苟活 (gǒuhuó)
* 苦活兒 / 苦活儿
* 草間求活 / 草间求活
* 莊稼活兒 / 庄稼活儿
* 藏活
* 藝文活動 / 艺文活动
* 要死要活
* 覓死尋活 / 觅死寻活
* 討生活 / 讨生活 (tǎoshēnghuó)
* 課外活動 / 课外活动
* 賣文為活 / 卖文为活
* 趕活兒 / 赶活儿 (gǎnhuór)
* 軟活 / 软活
* 輕活 / 轻活 (qīnghuó)
* 辭活 / 辞活
* 農活 / 农活 (nónghuó)
* 過活 / 过活 (guòhuó)
* 遛活
* 重活 (zhònghuó)
* 銅活 / 铜活 (tónghuó)
* 鐵活 / 铁活
* 雙活 / 双活
* 零活 (línghuó)
* 靈活 / 灵活 (línghuó)
* 風流快活 / 风流快活
* 養家活口 / 养家活口 (yǎngjiāhuókǒu)
* 養活 / 养活 (yǎnghuo)
* 鮮活 / 鲜活 (xiānhuó)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)
* alive
* lively
* (of a machine or device) on; active; in operation

#### Readings

* Go-on: がち (gachi)
* Kan-on: かつ (katsu, Jōyō)
* Kun: いきる (ikiru, 活きる)、いかす (ikasu, 活かす)、いける (ikeru, 活ける)、よみがえる (yomigaeru, 活える)

#### Compounds

* 活(かっ)火(か) (kakka)
* 活(いけ)花(ばな) (ikebana)
* 活(かっ)気(き) (kakki)
* 活(かっ)況(きょう) (kakkyō)
* 活(かっ)計(けい) (kakkei)
* 活(かっ)殺(さつ)自(じ)在(ざい) (kassatsujizai)
* 活(かつ)字(じ) (katsuji)
* 活(かつ)人(じん)剣(けん) (katsujinken)
* 活(かっ)水(すい) (kassui)
* 活(かっ)塞(そく) (kassoku, “piston”)
* 活(かつ)動(どう) (katsudō)
* 活(かっ)発(ぱつ) (kappatsu)
* 活(かっ)版(ぱん) (kappan)
* 活(かつ)仏(ぶつ) (katsubutsu)
* 活(かつ)物(ぶつ) (katsubutsu)
* 活(かつ)用(よう) (katsuyō)
* 活(かつ)力(りょく) (katsuryoku)
* 活(かつ)路(ろ) (katsuro)
* 活(かっ)火(か)山(ざん) (kakkazan)
* 生(せい)活(かつ) (seikatsu)
* 復(ふっ)活(かつ) (fukkatsu)
* 復(ふっ)活(かつ)祭(さい) (fukkatsusai)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 活
* かつ Grade: 2
* kan'on
From Middle Chinese 活 (MC hwat, “to live”).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) かつ [káꜜtsù] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ka̠t͡sɨ]

### Noun

活(かつ) • (katsu)
* life

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 活 (MC hwat).
Historical Readings :
| Dongguk Jeongun Reading |||
| Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 | ᅘᅪᇙ〮 (Yale: hhwálq) | ᅘᅪᇙ〮 (Yale: hhwálq) |
| Middle Korean |||
| Text | Eumhun | Eumhun |
| Text | Gloss (hun) | Reading |
| Sinjeung Yuhap, 1576 | 사ᄅᆞᆯ (Yale: salol) | 활 (Yale: hwal) |

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ɸwa̠ɭ]
* Phonetic hangul: [활]

### Hanja

Wikisource 活 (eumhun 살 활 (sal hwal))
* hanja form of 활 (“activity”) [affix]

#### Compounds

* 생활 (生活, saenghwal)
* 활기 (活氣, hwalgi)
* 활동 (活動, hwaldong)
* 활력 (活力, hwallyeok)
* 활발 (活潑, hwalbal)
* 활성 (活性, hwalseong)
* 활약 (活躍, hwaryak)
* 활인 (活人, hwarin)
* 활자 (活字, hwalja)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

活: Hán Nôm readings: hoạt, oặt, oạc
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