朔
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beginning; first day of lunar month; north
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 月 +6
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 朔
- Common rank
- #2,560
- Unicode
- U+6714
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Formation & memory
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Words with 朔
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 朔城区 | Shuocheng, a district of Shuozhou City 朔州市[Shuo4 zhou1 Shi4], Shanxi | |
| 阳朔县 | Yangshuo, a county in Guilin City 桂林市[Gui4 lin2 Shi4], Guangxi | |
| 朔州市 | Shuozhou, prefecture-level city in Shanxi Province 山西省[Shan1 xi1 Sheng3] | |
| 朔风 | north wind | |
| 扑朔迷离 | impossible to unravel; confusing | |
| 朔日 | first day of the lunar month | |
| 朔城 | see 朔城區|朔城区[Shuo4 cheng2 Qu1] | |
| 阳朔 | see 陽朔縣|阳朔县[Yang2 shuo4 Xian4] | |
| 朔州 | see 朔州市[Shuo4 zhou1 Shi4] | |
| 朔望潮 | spring tide (biggest tide, at new moon or full moon) | |
| 正朔 | first day of the first lunar month; (old) calendar promulgated by the first emperor of a d… | |
| 月朔 | the first day of each month | |
| 朔月 | new moon; first day of the lunar month | |
| 王朔 | Wang Shuo (1958-), Chinese writer, director and actor | |
| 朔望 | the new moon; the first day of the lunar month | |
| 扑朔 | see 撲朔迷離|扑朔迷离[pu1 shuo4 mi2 li2] | |
| 旬朔 | ten days; one month; short period | |
| 朔风凛冽 | The north wind is icy cold. |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 月 — compare how they read.