旭 xù
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
旭日
xùrì
rising sun
Characters in this word
日 rì
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 旭日从海平面升起时，整座港口被镀上一层金色。 Xùrì cóng hǎipíngmiàn shēng qǐ shí, zhěng zuò gǎngkǒu bèi dù shàng yì céng jīnsè. As the rising sun emerged from the horizon, the whole harbour was coated in a layer of gold.
- 旭日东升，田野被染成一片金红。 Xùrì dōngshēng, tiányě bèi rǎnchéng yípiàn jīnhóng. As the rising sun climbs in the east, the fields are dyed a golden red.
- 清晨旭日初升，我们开始爬山。 Qīngchén xùrì chū shēng, wǒmen kāishǐ pá shān. Early in the morning, as the rising sun first appeared, we began to climb the mountain.