浩 hào great
great; grand; vast
怎么记住“浩”: 氵 water + 告 to tell = great. Standing at the edge of the water for the first time, the girl runs back to tell her grandma that the ocean is great.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
浩 = 氵 water + 告 to tell
- 氵 water meaning
- 告 to tell sound
- 𠂒 cow
- 口 mouth
Standing at the edge of the water for the first time, the girl runs back to tell her grandma that the ocean is great.
How it came to be
In the small seal form, water gives the meaning and the right part the sound.
用法
- Vast, grand: 浩瀚 (hàohàn) immense (ocean, universe, volume of data), 浩大 (hàodà) huge in scale (工程浩大 a massive project).
- 浩劫 (hàojié) means a great catastrophe. Elevated, written register.