晒
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(of the sun) to shine on; to bask in (the sunshine); to dry (clothes, grain etc) in the sun; (fig.) to expose and share (one's experiences and thoughts) on the Web (loanword from "share"); (coll.) to give the cold shoulder to
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- Level 4
- Old HSK
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- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 日 +6
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 晒
- Common rank
- #2,076
- Unicode
- U+6652
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 晒
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 三天打鱼，两天晒网 | lit. to fish for three days and sun-dry the nets for two days (proverb); fig. not to perse… | |
| 晒太阳 | to be in the sun (getting warm or sunbathing etc); to put sth in the sun (e.g. to dry it) | |
| 风吹日晒 | (idiom) to be exposed to the elements | |
| 日晒伤 | sunburn | |
| 防晒油 | sunscreen; sunblock | |
| 太阳晒屁股 | to have overslept; Rise and shine! | |
| 晒黑 | to sunbathe; to tan; to get sunburnt; to expose unfair practices (on a consumer protection… | |
| 日晒雨淋 | lit. exposed to sun and rain (idiom); fig. exposed to the elements | |
| 晒油 | (Malaysia) thick soy sauce (used to give food a glossy, caramel-like color) | |
| 晒干 | to dry in the sun | |
| 晒图 | blueprint; to make a blueprint | |
| 晒客 | person who shares their experiences and thoughts with others on the Internet | |
| 防晒 | sunburn protection | |
| 晒娃族 | (coll.) sharent | |
| 晒伤 | to get sunburnt; sunburn | |
| 晒斑 | sunburn spots (on skin) | |
| 晒照 | (Internet slang) to post a photo of oneself online | |
| 晒友 | see 曬客|晒客[shai4 ke4] | |
| 防晒霜 | suntan lotion; sunscreen cream | |
| 暴晒 | (of the sun) to scorch; to expose to a scorching sun |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 西 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 西 sound part | west, western, westward | |
| 栖 | perch, roost, to stay | |
| 洒 | to pour, to spill; to scatter, to shed; to wipe away | |
| 牺 | to sacrifice, to give up, to die for a cause | |
| 茜 | reed, madder; Rubia cordifolia | |
| 溧 | a river in Anhui and Jiangsu provinces | |
| 哂 | to smile; to laugh at; to sneer | |
| 恓 | vexed | |
| 硒 | selenium | |
| 舾 | equipment onboard a ship | |
| 垔 | to restrain; to dam a stream and change its direction; a mound | |
| 粞 | ground rice; to thresh rice |