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霞

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rose-tinted sky or clouds at sunrise or sunset

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Old HSK
Level 6
Strokes
17
Radical
雨 +9
Structure
Top–bottom 上下
Traditional
霞
Common rank
#2,274
Unicode
U+971E

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Formation & memory

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How 霞 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

雨 meaning “rain” + 叚 sound

Components 雨 叚

How to remember it

red sky · Heisig RSH #2832

weather + braces

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 霞

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

WordPinyinMeaning
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

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 叚 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
叚 sound part — 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