朔
beginning; first day of lunar month; north
10 strokes
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How 朔 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
月 (semantic, “moon”) + 月 (phonetic, yuè)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 月
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 月 (yuè) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 月 sound component | yuè | moon; month |
| 有 | yǒu | to have, to own, to possess; to exist |
| 钥 | yuè | lock, key |
| 炙 | zhì | to roast, to broil; to cauterize |
| 塍 | chéng | a raised path between fields, a dike |
| 刖 | yuè | cutting off the feet as a form of punishment |
Words containing 朔
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 朔城区 | Shuò chéng Qū | Shuocheng, a district of Shuozhou City 朔州市[Shuo4 zhou1 Shi4], Shanxi |
| 阳朔县 | Yáng shuò Xiàn | Yangshuo, a county in Guilin City 桂林市[Gui4 lin2 Shi4], Guangxi |
| 朔州市 | Shuò zhōu Shì | Shuozhou, prefecture-level city in Shanxi Province 山西省[Shan1 xi1 Sheng3] |
| 朔风 | shuò fēng | north wind |
| 扑朔迷离 | pū shuò mí lí | impossible to unravel; confusing |
| 朔日 | shuò rì | first day of the lunar month |
| 朔城 | Shuò chéng | see 朔城區|朔城区[Shuo4 cheng2 Qu1] |
| 阳朔 | Yáng shuò | see 陽朔縣|阳朔县[Yang2 shuo4 Xian4] |
| 朔州 | Shuò zhōu | see 朔州市[Shuo4 zhou1 Shi4] |
| 朔望潮 | shuò wàng cháo | spring tide (biggest tide, at new moon or full moon) |
| 正朔 | zhēng shuò | first day of the first lunar month; (old) calendar promulgated by the first emperor of a d… |
| 月朔 | yuè shuò | the first day of each month |
| 朔月 | shuò yuè | new moon; first day of the lunar month |
| 王朔 | Wáng Shuò | Wang Shuo (1958-), Chinese writer, director and actor |
| 朔望 | shuò wàng | the new moon; the first day of the lunar month |
| 扑朔 | pū shuò | see 撲朔迷離|扑朔迷离[pu1 shuo4 mi2 li2] |
| 旬朔 | xún shuò | ten days; one month; short period |
| 朔风凛冽 | shuò fēng lǐn liè | The north wind is icy cold. |