活

huó

live, exist, survive; lively

How to write 活, stroke by stroke

to live; alive; living; work; workmanship

Pictophonetic: semantic 氵 (water), phonetic 舌

Made of 氵 + 舌

生活shēng huóto live; life; livelihood
活着huó zhealive
活动huó dòngto exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc); movable; flexible; liquid (capital etc); (volcanic, seismic, economic etc) activity; (outdoor etc) activity; event; (political) campaign; (military) maneuver (项); to use personal influence, connections, bribes etc
干活gàn huóto work; to be employed
活下去huó xià qùto survive; to keep on living
复活fù huóto revive; (lit. and fig.) to come back to life; (religion) resurrection
存活cún huóto survive (a serious accident); survival
活力huó lìenergy; vitality; vigor; vital force
活该huó gāi(coll.) serve sb right; deservedly; ought; should
活儿huó rwork; (lots of) things to do
性生活xìng shēng huósex life
活命huó mìnglife; to survive; to save a life; to scrape a living

我不能这样活着。
wǒ bù néng zhè yàng huó zhe 。
I can't live that kind of life.
你让生命值得活下去。
nǐ ràng shēng mìng zhí dé huó xià qù 。
You make life worth living.
那种生活方式不适合我。
nà zhǒng shēng huó fāng shì bú shì hé wǒ 。
I can't live that kind of life.
这座火山又开始活动了。
zhè zuò huǒ shān yòu kāi shǐ huó dòng le 。
The volcano has become active again.
小镇充满了活力。
xiǎo zhèn chōng mǎn le huó lì 。
The town was full of activity.