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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
hè | he4
English translation
to congratulate; to send a present

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

Contains the radical

bèi

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

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To add  Jiā to someone else's fortune bèi

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

加貝

Explanation

Simplified form of . Phonosemantic compound. bèi represents the meaning and Jiā represents the sound.

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Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
祝贺 zhùhè to congratulate祝賀
to congratulate
贺卡 hè kǎ greeting card賀卡
贺岁 hè suì to pay a New Year's visit賀歲
庆贺 qìng hè to congratulate慶賀
贺电 hè diàn congratulatory telegram賀電
贺龙 Hè Lóng He Long (1896-1969), important communist military leader, died from persecution during the Cultural Revolution賀龍
贺礼 hè lǐ congratulatory gift賀禮
恭贺 gōng hè to express good wishes恭賀
贺词 hè cí message of congratulation賀詞
道贺 dào hè to congratulate道賀
可喜可贺 kě xǐ kě hè gratifying可喜可賀
贺兰山 Hè lán Shān Helan Mountains, lying across part of the border between Ningxia and Inner Mongolia賀蘭山
贺年 hè nián to pay a New Year's visit賀年
贺喜 hè xǐ to congratulate賀喜
贺兰 Hè lán Helan county in Yinchuan 銀川|银川 Yín chuān [Yín​chuān], Ningxia賀蘭
贺州 Hè zhōu Hezhou prefecture-level city in Guangxi賀州
贺年卡 hè nián kǎ New Year greeting card賀年卡
贺子珍 Hè Zǐ zhēn He Zizhen (1910-1984), Mao Zedong's third wife賀子珍
李贺 Lǐ Hè Li He (790-816), Tang poet and author of 南园十三首李賀

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