# 戶

| 戶 | U+6236, &#25142; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6236 |
| ← 戵 [U+6235] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 户 → [U+6237] |
| ⼾ | U+2F3E, &#12094; KANGXI RADICAL DOOR |
| ← ⼽ [U+2F3D] | Kangxi Radicals | ⼿ → [U+2F3F] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 戶 |
| Shinjitai | 戸 |
| Simplified | 户 |

### Alternative forms

Note the regionally different forms of this character which are encoded separately in Unicode:
* 戶 (top stroke connects to left stroke, as found in the historical Kangxi dictionary) - used in Taiwan and South Korea.
* 戸 (top stroke is a horizontal line that does not connect to other strokes) - used in Japan.
* 户 (top stroke is a slanting dot) - used in mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia.
Note also the different stroke order: 户 and 戸 have the leftmost 丿 as the final (fourth) stroke, while 戶 (this character) has 丿 as the second stroke.

### Han character

戶 (Kangxi radical 63, 戶+0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 竹尸 (HS), four-corner 3027$_7$, composition ⿸𠂆コ)
* Kangxi radical #63, ⼾.
* Shuowen Jiezi radical №437

#### Derived characters

* Appendix:Chinese radical/戶
* 𠯖, 𡉴, 𡵘, 𦙅, 𥄅, 𧦈, 𢻻, 𩢉, 𩿇, 𥫿

### Further reading

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 414, character 32
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11696
* Dae Jaweon: page 759, character 3
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2257, character 1
* Unihan data for U+6236

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 戶 :
| Shang | Western Zhou | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 妒 | *tqaːs |
| 雇 | *kʷaːs, *ɡʷaːʔ |
| 顧 | *kʷaːs |
| 戽 | *qʰʷaːʔ, *qʰʷaːs, *ɡʷaːʔ |
| 戶 | *ɡʷaːʔ |
| 扈 | *ɡʷaːʔ |
| 帍 | *ɡʷaːʔ |
| 昈 | *ɡʷaːʔ |
| 滬 | *ɡʷaːʔ |
| 簄 | *ɡʷaːʔ |
| 齭 | *skʰraʔ, *sqʰraʔ |
| 所 | *sqʰraʔ |
Pictogram (象形): one-half of 門 (“gate”). The character in its original form is similar to 𠁣.

### Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-k(w)a-j (“mouth; opening; spread; door; face; jaw”). Cognate with Tibetan སྒོ (sgo, “door”).

#### "Hu county"

    Replacement of the original place name-specific character 鄠 (hù) with the homophonic and more common character 戶 / 户 (hù) in 1964.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): hù (hu$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): fu$^4$ / hu$^4$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): хў (hw, II) / хў (hw, I)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): wu$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): fu$^5$
* Gan (Wiktionary): fu$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): fu
    (Hailu, HRS): fu$^˖$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): fu$^4$ / fu$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): hu$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): hū
* Eastern Min (BUC): hô
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hō͘ / hǒ͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hou$^6$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$wu
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): fu$^5$ / fu$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hù
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hù
*** Wade–Giles: hu$^4$
*** Yale: hù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huh
*** Palladius: ху (xu)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: fu$^4$ / hu$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: fu / xu
*** Sinological IPA : /fu²¹³/, /xu²¹³/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: хў (hw, II) / хў (hw, I)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu⁵¹/, /xu²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wu$^6$
*** Yale: wuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wu$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wu$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /wuː²²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: fu$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /fu³²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: fu$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /fu¹¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fu
*** Hakka Romanization System: fu
*** Hagfa Pinyim: fu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /fu⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: fu$^˖$
*** Sinological IPA: /fu³³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: fu$^4$ / fu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /fu⁵³/, /fu⁴⁴/
* Meixian:
** fu1 - in 戶檻／户槛.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit戶 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /xu⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /xu⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /xu⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /xu²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /xu⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /xu³¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /xu⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /xv̩²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /xu¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /xu¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /xu²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /xu³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /fu¹³/ /xu¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /fu²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /xu²¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /xu⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /xu⁵³/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /xu⁴⁵/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /xu³⁵/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /xu⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /vu²³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /ɦəu³¹/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /ɦu¹³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /vu³⁵/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /xu²²/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /xu²⁴/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /fu⁵⁵/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /ɸu⁵⁵/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /fu²¹/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /fu⁵³/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /fu⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /wu²²/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /wu²²/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /wu²²/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /hɔ²²/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /hou²⁴²/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /xu⁴⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /hou³⁵/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /hu³³/ /hɔu³³/ |
* Middle Chinese: huX
Rime :
| Character | 戶 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 模 (23) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 侯古切 |
| Baxter | huX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦuo$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦuo$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣo$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦɔ$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣo$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣu$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ɣuo$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | hù |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | wu$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*m-qˤaʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷaːʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 戶 | 戶 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | hù | hù |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ hu$^X$ › | ‹ hu$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*m-qˁaʔ/ | /*m-qˁaʔ/ |
| English | to stop, to check | door |
| 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 | 戶 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 5296 |
| Phonetic component | 戸 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 戸 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡʷaːʔ/ |

### Definitions

戶
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) door
    戶外／户外 ― hùwài ― outdoors
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) family; household
    戶籍／户籍 ― hùjí ― household register
    專業戶／专业户 ― zhuānyèhù ― expert (literally, “family which engages in a specialized trade”)
    釘子戶／钉子户 ― dìngzǐhù ― nail house
* Classifier for households.
* (only in compounds) bank account
    賬戶／账户 ― zhànghù ― account
    開戶／开户 ― kāihù ― to open an account
* (～縣) (historical) Hu (a defunct county in Xi'an, Shaanxi, China) (converted into district and renamed to 鄠邑 in 2016)
* a surname

### Compounds

* 上戶 / 上户 (shànghù)
* 下戶 / 下户
* 三戶亡秦 / 三户亡秦
* 丟門戶 / 丢门户
* 中戶 / 中户
* 人戶 / 人户
* 人頭戶 / 人头户
* 佛圖戶 / 佛图户
* 住戶 / 住户 (zhùhù)
* 佃戶 / 佃户 (diànhù)
* 低收入戶 / 低收入户
* 保留戶 / 保留户
* 侯萬戶 / 侯万户
* 倚門傍戶 / 倚门傍户
* 個體戶 / 个体户 (gètǐhù)
* 做門戶 / 做门户
* 傍人門戶 / 傍人门户 (bàngrénménhù)
* 傍門依戶 / 傍门依户
* 債戶 / 债户
* 公戶 / 公户
* 出戶 / 出户 (chūhù)
* 分門割戶 / 分门割户
* 別闢門戶 / 别辟门户
* 動遷戶 / 动迁户
* 匠戶 / 匠户
* 匿戶 / 匿户
* 千家萬戶 / 千家万户 (qiānjiāwànhù)
* 千戶 / 千户
* 千門萬戶 / 千门万户
* 司戶 / 司户
* 另立門戶 / 另立门户 (lìnglìménhù)
* 吃大戶 / 吃大户 (chī dàhù)
* 各門另戶 / 各门另户
* 吐門戶 / 吐门户
* 同門異戶 / 同门异户
* 單幹戶 / 单干户
* 地戶 / 地户
* 場戶 / 场户
* 報戶口 / 报户口 (bào hùkǒu)
* 士戶 / 士户
* 外戶 / 外户
* 夜不閉戶 / 夜不闭户 (yèbùbìhù)
* 大家小戶 / 大家小户
* 大戶 / 大户 (dàhù)
* 大戶人家 / 大户人家
* 女戶 / 女户
* 存戶 / 存户 (cúnhù)
* 安家落戶 / 安家落户 (ānjiāluòhù)
* 官古戶 / 官古户
* 宕戶 / 宕户
* 客戶 / 客户 (kèhù)
* 家傳戶誦 / 家传户诵
* 家喻戶曉 / 家喻户晓 (jiāyùhùxiǎo)
* 家家戶戶 / 家家户户 (jiājiāhùhù)
* 家給戶贍 / 家给户赡
* 家至戶曉 / 家至户晓
* 富戶 / 富户 (fùhù)
* 實戶 / 实户
* 專戶 / 专户
* 小戶 / 小户
* 小戶人家 / 小户人家
* 小門小戶 / 小门小户
* 屠戶 / 屠户 (túhù)
* 帳戶 / 帐户 (zhànghù)
* 幫門戶 / 帮门户
* 庭戶 / 庭户
* 怯憐戶 / 怯怜户
* 戶主 / 户主 (hùzhǔ)
* 戶列簪纓 / 户列簪缨
* 戶口 / 户口 (hùkǒu)
* 戶口名簿 / 户口名簿
* 戶口普查 / 户口普查
* 戶口校正 / 户口校正
* 戶口調查 / 户口调查
* 戶名 / 户名
* 戶告人曉 / 户告人晓
* 戶均 / 户均 (hùjūn)
* 戶外 / 户外 (hùwài)
* 戶外廣告 / 户外广告
* 戶外活動 / 户外活动
* 戶對門當 / 户对门当
* 戶庭 / 户庭
* 戶戶 / 户户 (hùhù)
* 戶政 / 户政 (hùzhèng)
* 戶有餘糧 / 户有余粮
* 戶樞不朽 / 户枢不朽
* 戶樞不蠹 / 户枢不蠹 (hùshūbùdù)
* 戶版 / 户版
* 戶牖 / 户牖
* 戶籍 / 户籍 (hùjí)
* 戶籍法 / 户籍法
* 戶籍登記 / 户籍登记
* 戶籍行政 / 户籍行政
* 戶籍謄本 / 户籍誊本
* 戶給人足 / 户给人足
* 戶說 / 户说
* 戶部 / 户部 (Hùbù)
* 戶部尚書 / 户部尚书
* 戶長 / 户长
* 戶限 / 户限 (hùxiàn)
* 戶限為穿 / 户限为穿
* 戶頭 / 户头 (hùtóu)
* 扃戶 / 扃户
* 拍戶 / 拍户
* 拆遷戶 / 拆迁户
* 挨家挨戶 / 挨家挨户 (āijiā'āihù)
* 挨戶 / 挨户 (āihù)
* 挨門挨戶 / 挨门挨户 (āimén'āihù)
* 挨門逐戶 / 挨门逐户
* 排門挨戶 / 排门挨户
* 撐持門戶 / 撑持门户
* 撐門戶 / 撑门户
* 撐門抵戶 / 撑门抵户
* 散戶 / 散户 (sǎnhù)
* 明窗彩戶 / 明窗彩户
* 暴發戶 / 暴发户 (bàofāhù)
* 朱門繡戶 / 朱门绣户
* 查戶口 / 查户口
* 柳戶花門 / 柳户花门
* 柳門花戶 / 柳门花户
* 棚戶 / 棚户 (pénghù)
* 樂戶 / 乐户
* 樵戶 / 樵户
* 機戶 / 机户
* 江戶 / 江户 (Jiānghù)
* 江戶幕府 / 江户幕府 (Jiānghù Mùfǔ)
* 沿門挨戶 / 沿门挨户
* 洞戶 / 洞户
* 清理門戶 / 清理门户
* 游手人戶 / 游手人户
* 滅門絕戶 / 灭门绝户
* 漂來戶 / 漂来户
* 漁戶 / 渔户 (yúhù)
* 澇戶 / 涝户
* 瀨戶內海 / 濑户内海 (Làihù Nèihǎi)
* 灘戶 / 滩户
* 灰戶 / 灰户
* 煙戶 / 烟户
* 煙花門戶 / 烟花门户
* 牖戶 / 牖户 (yǒuhù)
* 牝戶 / 牝户
* 獵戶 / 猎户 (lièhù)
* 獵戶座 / 猎户座 (Lièhùzuò)
* 獵戶星座 / 猎户星座
* 玉戶 / 玉户
* 用戶 / 用户 (yònghù)
* 田戶 / 田户 (Tiánhù)
* 當門對戶 / 当门对户
* 當門戶 / 当门户
* 當門抵戶 / 当门抵户
* 百戶 / 百户
* 破落戶 / 破落户
* 示範戶 / 示范户
* 神戶 / 神户 (Shénhù)
* 萬元戶 / 万元户
* 萬戶侯 / 万户侯 (wànhùhóu)
* 萬戶千門 / 万户千门
* 租戶 / 租户 (zūhù)
* 穿房入戶 / 穿房入户
* 窄門窄戶 / 窄门窄户
* 窗戶 / 窗户
* 窗戶眼兒 / 窗户眼儿
* 窗戶紙 / 窗户纸
* 窨戶 / 窨户
* 窯戶 / 窑户
* 立戶 / 立户
* 立門戶 / 立门户
* 糧戶 / 粮户
* 絕戶 / 绝户 (juéhù)
* 絕戶計 / 绝户计
* 綠燈戶 / 绿灯户
* 編戶 / 编户 (biānhù)
* 縴戶 / 纤户
* 繡戶 / 绣户
* 纏門纏戶 / 缠门缠户
* 翻身戶 / 翻身户
* 老絕戶 / 老绝户
* 耕戶 / 耕户
* 腳戶 / 脚户
* 自立門戶 / 自立门户 (zìlìménhù)
* 船戶 / 船户
* 花戶 / 花户
* 花門柳戶 / 花门柳户
* 茶戶 / 茶户
* 莊戶 / 庄户 (zhuānghù)
* 落戶 / 落户 (luòhù)
* 蓬戶士 / 蓬户士
* 蓬戶甕牖 / 蓬户瓮牖
* 蓬門蓽戶 / 蓬门荜户
* 蓽門蓬戶 / 荜门蓬户
* 蛋戶 / 蛋户
* 蜑戶 / 蜑户
* 行戶 / 行户
* 訂戶 / 订户 (dìnghù)
* 貧戶 / 贫户
* 貼戶 / 贴户
* 貼軍戶 / 贴军户
* 賣大戶 / 卖大户
* 足不出戶 / 足不出户 (zúbùchūhù)
* 足不踰戶 / 足不逾户
* 踅門瞭戶 / 踅门了户
* 躲門戶 / 躲门户
* 辱門敗戶 / 辱门败户
* 農戶 / 农户 (nónghù)
* 逐戶 / 逐户
* 過戶 / 过户 (guòhù)
* 邃戶 / 邃户
* 鄉戶 / 乡户
* 酒戶 / 酒户
* 重點戶 / 重点户
* 金門繡戶 / 金门绣户
* 釘子戶 / 钉子户 (dīngzihù)
* 鋪戶 / 铺户
* 門到戶說 / 门到户说
* 門戶 / 门户 (ménhù)
* 門戶之爭 / 门户之争
* 門戶之見 / 门户之见
* 門戶人家 / 门户人家
* 門戶大開 / 门户大开
* 門殫戶盡 / 门殚户尽
* 門當戶對 / 门当户对 (méndānghùduì)
* 門神戶尉 / 门神户尉
* 開戶 / 开户 (kāihù)
* 關係戶 / 关系户
* 關門閉戶 / 关门闭户
* 陰戶 / 阴户 (yīnhù)
* 雁戶 / 雁户
* 離門離戶 / 离门离户
* 頂門壯戶 / 顶门壮户

### Descendants

* → Vietnamese: hộ (戶)
Others:
* → Vietnamese: họ (戶)

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 戸 |
| Kyūjitai | 戶 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 戸)
* door

#### Readings

* Go-on: ぐ (gu)、ご (go)
* Kan-on: こ (ko)
* Kun: と (to, 戶)、へ (he, 戶)
* Nanori: え (e)、へ (he)

### Usage notes

This character lacks JIS support; 戸 (U+6238) is used instead.

## Korean
### Hanja

戶 (eumhun 지게문 호 (jigemun ho))
* house
* hole

## Vietnamese
### Han character

戶: Hán Nôm readings: hộ
* chữ Hán form of hộ (“household; door”).

#### Compounds

* 主戶 (chủ hộ)
* 富戶 (phú hộ)
* 戶口 (hộ khẩu)
* 戶籍 (hộ tịch)
* 間戶 (căn hộ)
* 陰戶 (âm hộ)