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曝

2 readings · tap one to hear it

to air; to sun

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Old HSK
Level 6
Strokes
19
Radical
日 +15
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
曝
Common rank
#3,513
Unicode
U+66DD

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Formation & memory

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How 曝 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

日 meaning “sun” + 暴 sound ( bào )

Components 日 暴

Words with 曝

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
一曝十寒 yī pù shí hán one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp; s…
曝光表 bào guāng biǎo light meter; exposure meter
曝光 bào guāng to expose (photography); (fig.) to expose (a scandal); (advertising) exposure; Taiwan pr. …
野叟曝言 Yě sǒu Pù yán Yesou Puyan or Humble Words of a Rustic Elder, monumental Qing novel by Xia Jingqu 夏敬渠[Xia…
曝露 pù lù to expose (to the air, light etc); to leave uncovered; exposure
曝晒 pù shài to expose to strong sunlight