曙 shǔ
- Strokes
- 17
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
曙光
shǔguāng
dawn; first light; hope
Characters in this word
光 guāng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 儿 — son, child
- Made of
- ⺌ small 兀 weak
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 连续失败多年后，这项技术终于看到了商业化的曙光。 Liánxù shībài duōnián hòu, zhè xiàng jìshù zhōngyú kàndào le shāngyèhuà de shǔguāng. After years of repeated failures, this technology finally saw the first glimmer of commercialisation.
- 谈判进行到第三天，双方终于看到了和解的曙光。 Tánpàn jìnxíng dào dì sān tiān, shuāngfāng zhōngyú kàndào le héjiě de shǔguāng. On the third day of negotiations, both sides finally saw the light of a settlement.
- 清晨五点，山头上已经透出第一缕曙光。 Qīngchén wǔ diǎn, shāntóu shàng yǐjīng tòuchū dì yī lǚ shǔguāng. At five in the morning, the first streak of dawn was already showing over the hilltop.