乎 Stroke Order

乎 [hū] Meaning: 1. A literary particle indicating a question. (Example: 汝识之乎? [Do you know it?]) 2. A literary exclamatory particle. (Example: 陛下与谁取天下乎！[Your Majesty, with whom will you take the world?]) 3. A literary preposition equivalent to "于", used after verbs or adjectives. (Examples: 在乎 [at]; 无须乎 [need not]; 异乎寻常 [different from the ordinary].) 4. Ancient suffix for adjectives or adverbs. (Examples: 巍巍乎 [majestic]; 郁郁乎 [lush].) 5. An ancient character similar to "呼", meaning to exclaim. 6. Literary usage indicating inquiry or a rhetorical question. 7. Equivalent to "吗". 8. Indicates an exclamatory tone or call. 9. Indicates a request or command, equivalent to "啊" or "呀". 10. Indicates conjecture. 11. Indicates a call to someone, equivalent to "啊" or "呀". 12. Indicates a tone of discussion. 13. Indicates an affirmative tone. 14. Used in a sentence to indicate a slight pause, easing the tone and attracting attention to the following words. Prepositional Uses: 1. 於；在 ([En.] in; at) - introducing the time of an action or event. (Example: 吾独穷困乎此时也! [I alone am in distress at this time!]) 2. 於；从 ([En.] from) - indicating the time of occurrence. (Example: “春秋”何以始乎隐? [When does the spring and autumn begin?]) 3. 於；在 ([En.] in) - indicating the place where an action occurs. (Example: 楚人生乎楚。[People from Chu live in Chu.]) 4. 於；从 ([En.] from) - indicating the location of an action. (Example: 叫嚣乎东西。[The shouting is coming from east and west.]) 5. 於；因为; 由于; 在于 ([En.] because) - indicating the reason for an action. (Example: 不动乎众人之非誉。[Do not be moved by the misrepresentation of others.]) 6. 於；按照; 根据 ([En.] according to) - indicating rules followed by actions. (Example: 素富贵，行乎富贵。[To adhere and act according to wealth.] 7. 於，对。 ([En.] to) - indicating the object of an action. (Example: 吾尝疑乎是。[I have often doubted this.]) Suffix Uses: 1. Used after a single-syllable or a reduplicated adjective. (Example: 许多新事物，确乎到处可见; [Many new things are truly seen everywhere.]) 2. Used after verbs or adverbs to form new verbs or adverbs. (Example: 他对这点事却不在乎; [He isn’t concerned about this matter.]) 3. Used after adjectives, cannot be translated independently. (Examples: 宜乎众矣。[It should be so.]) Note: This translation is a summary of the original definitions in Chinese. Some interpretations may vary based on context.