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朔

shuò

Character

What 朔 means

1. beginning
2. first day of lunar month
3. north

Words starting with 朔

• 朔日shuò rìfirst day of the lunar month
• 朔月shuò yuènew moon; first day of the lunar month
• 朔望shuò wàngthe new moon; the first day of the lunar month
• 朔风shuò fēngnorth wind
• 朔城区Shuò chéng QūShuocheng, a district of Shuozhou City 朔州市
• 朔州市Shuò zhōu ShìShuozhou, prefecture-level city in Shanxi Province 山西省
• 朔望潮shuò wàng cháospring tide (biggest tide, at new moon or full moon)
• 朔风凛冽shuò fēng lǐn lièThe north wind is icy cold.
• 朔城Shuò chéngsee 朔城区
• 朔州Shuò zhōusee 朔州市

Words containing 朔

• 王朔Wáng ShuòWang Shuo (1958-), Chinese writer, director and actor
• 扑朔迷离pū shuò mí líimpossible to unravel; confusing
• 旬朔xún shuòten days; one month; short period
• 月朔yuè shuòthe first day of each month
• 正朔zhēng shuòfirst day of the first lunar month; (old) calendar promulgated by the first emperor of a…
• 阳朔县Yáng shuò XiànYangshuo, a county in Guilin City 桂林市
• 阳朔Yáng shuòsee 阳朔县
• 扑朔pū shuòsee 扑朔迷离

Characters that look like 朔

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

• 损sǔn(bound form) to decrease; to diminish; (bound form) to harm; to damage…
• 捐juānto relinquish; to abandon; to contribute; to donate; (bound form) tax; levy
• 悄qiāoused in 悄悄
• 凋diāowithered
• 俐lìused in 伶俐
• 绢juànthin, tough silk fabric

Sounds the same

Read shuò, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 硕(bound form) large; big; (bound form) master's degree (abbr. for 硕士
• 烁bright; luminous
• 数(literary) frequently; repeatedly
• 搠daub; thrust
• 铄bright; to melt; to fuse
• 槊long lance
• 妁(literary) matchmaker (on the bride's side)
• 蒴pod; capsule
• 欶to suck; to drink
• 矟lance
• 箾to hit sb with a pole; (archaic) pole held by a dancer