晌
part of the day; midday
10 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,360 U+664C
How 晌 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
日 (semantic, “sun”) + 向 (phonetic, xiàng)
How to remember it
part of the day · Heisig RSH #1556
sun + 向 orientation
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 向
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 向 (xiàng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 向 sound component | xiàng | towards; direction, trend |
| 响 | xiǎng | to make noise, to make sound; sound |
| 饷 | xiǎng | rations and pay for soldiers |
| 垧 | shǎng | unit of area |
Words containing 晌
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一时半晌 | yī shí bàn shǎng | a short time; a little while |
| 前半晌儿 | qián bàn shǎng r | erhua variant of 前半晌[qian2 ban4 shang3] |
| 上半晌 | shàng bàn shǎng | forenoon; morning; a.m. |
| 前半晌 | qián bàn shǎng | morning; a.m.; first half of the day |
| 前晌 | qián shǎng | (dialect) morning; forenoon |
| 半晌 | bàn shǎng | half of the day; a long time; quite a while |
| 晚晌 | wǎn shǎng | evening |
| 晌午 | shǎng wu | noon |