霞
rose-tinted sky or clouds at sunrise or sunset
17 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,274 U+971E
How 霞 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
雨 (semantic, “rain”) + 叚 (phonetic)
How to remember it
red sky · Heisig RSH #2832
weather + braces
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 叚
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 叚 (—) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 叚 sound component | — | false |
| 遐 | xiá | distant, far; to abandon, to cast away |
| 暇 | xiá | leisure, relaxation, spare time |
| 瑕 | xiá | fault, default; a flaw in a gem |
| 葭 | jiā | bulrush, reed; flute, whistle |
| 煆 | xiā | a raging fire; to forge; to work |
| 猳 | jiā | boar; legendary ape |
| 瘕 | jiǎ | asthma; bowel disease |
Words containing 霞
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 霞山区 | Xiá shān Qū | Xiashan, a district of Zhanjiang City 湛江市[Zhan4 jiang1 Shi4], Guangdong |
| 林青霞 | Lín Qīng xiá | Brigitte Lin (1954-), Taiwanese actress |
| 王军霞 | Wáng Jūn xiá | Wang Junxia (1973-), Chinese long-distance runner |
| 丹霞山 | Dān xiá Shān | Mt Danxia in Shaoguan 韶關|韶关[Shao2 guan1], Guangdong |
| 徐霞客游记 | Xú Xiá kè Yóu jì | Xu Xiake's Travel Diaries, a book of travel records by 徐霞客[Xu2 Xia2 ke4] on geology, geogr… |
| 霞多丽 | Xiá duō lì | Chardonnay (grape type) |
| 伏明霞 | Fú Míng xiá | Fu Mingxia (1978–), Chinese diver and Olympic champion |
| 霞山 | Xiá shān | see 霞山區|霞山区[Xia2 shan1 Qu1] |
| 丹霞地貌 | Dān xiá dì mào | Danxia landform (red conglomerate and sandstone) |
| 霞光 | xiá guāng | multicolored sunlight of sunrise or sunset |
| 霞浦县 | Xiá pǔ Xiàn | Xiapu, a county in Ningde City 寧德市|宁德市[Ning2 de2 Shi4], Fujian |
| 赤霞珠 | Chì xiá zhū | Cabernet Sauvignon (grape type) |
| 霞飞 | Xiá fēi | Joseph Joffre (1852-1931), leading French general at the start of World War One |
| 烟霞 | yān xiá | haze |
| 徐霞客 | Xú Xiá kè | Xu Xiake (1587-1641), Ming dynasty travel writer and geographer, author of Xu Xiake's Trav… |
| 栖霞区 | Qī xiá Qū | Qixia, a district of Nanjing City 南京市[Nan2 jing1 Shi4], Jiangsu |
| 栖霞市 | Qī xiá Shì | Qixia, a county-level city in Yantai City 煙台市|烟台市[Yan1 tai2 Shi4], Shandong |
| 丹霞 | Dān xiá | Mt Danxia in Shaoguan 韶關|韶关[Shao2 guan1], Guangdong; Danxia landform (red conglomerate and… |
| 彩霞 | cǎi xiá | clouds tinged with sunset hues |
| 霞径 | xiá jìng | a misty path; the path of the Daoist immortals |