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旭

xù

Character

What 旭 means

1. dawn
2. rising sun

Words starting with 旭

• 旭日xù rìthe rising sun

Words containing 旭

• 张旭Zhāng XùZhang Xu (probably early 8th century), Tang dynasty poet and calligrapher, most famous…
• 林旭Lín XùLin Xu (1875-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子
• 圣德克旭贝里Shèng dé kè xù bèi lǐ(Antoine de) Saint-Exupéry

Characters that look like 旭

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 把bǎto hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar
• 延yánto prolong; to extend; to delay
• 巡xúnto patrol; to make one's rounds; classifier for rounds of drinks
• 抛pāoto throw; to toss; to fling
• 尬gà(bound form) embarrassing; awkward
• 妞niūgirl

Sounds the same

Read xù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 续to continue; to replenish
• 序(bound form) order; sequence; (bound form) introductory; initial; preface
• 叙to narrate; to chat
• 绪beginnings; clues; mental state
• 蓄to store up; to grow (e.g. a beard); to entertain (ideas)
• 畜to raise (animals)
• 酗drunk
• 恤anxiety; sympathy; to sympathize
• 絮cotton wadding; fig. padding; long-winded
• 婿son-in-law; husband
• 煦balmy; nicely warm; cozy
• 蓿clover; lucerne; Taiwan pr. sù