[[Characters]] #Characters \ #Objects-and-Machinery \ #Architecture # 户 hù household; family; door ## Components [[丶 (zhǔ)]] [[尸 shī]] [[尸 (shī)]] ## Meaning The character "户" nowadays primarily means "household" or "door." It is commonly used in words like "户籍" (household registration) and "农户" (farming household). It also refers to a door or window and is used in words related to buildings and architecture. ## History The character "户" originally depicted a single door, resembling the shape of a single door leaf. Its original meaning was specifically a single door leaf, but it later came to represent a door in general. "户" is also a radical, which, along with its meaning of door or window, is associated with houses and buildings. In the oracle bone script, it looked like a single door leaf. The seal script version of the character is very similar to the oracle bone script. In the clerical script, it was written as "广". In the "Shuowen Jiezi," it is explained as "户，protecting the door. Half of the door is called '户'." It is an ideogram. All characters related to doors use "户." The character "户" is also used in the compound words "户籍" (household registration) and "千家万户" (thousands of families). Additionally, "户" can refer to households or families. For instance, "农户" refers to farming households, and "工商户" refers to industrial and commercial households. ## Evolution ### Oracular Script ![[户 hù - ora.svg]] ### Bronze Script ![[户 hù - bronce.svg]] ### Seal Script ![[户 hù - sello.svg]] ### Clerical Script ![[户 hù - cle.svg]] ### Regular Script ![[户 hù - reg.svg]]