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霞

xiá

HSK 6 Character

What 霞 means

1. rose-tinted sky or clouds at sunrise or sunset

Example sentences

• 克拉娃嫉妒柳霞。
  Kèlāwá jídù Liǔxiá.
  Klava envied Lyusya.

Words starting with 霞

• 霞光xiá guāngmulticolored sunlight of sunrise or sunset
• 霞径xiá jìnga misty path; the path of the Daoist immortals
• 霞飞Xiá fēiJoseph Joffre (1852-1931), leading French general at the start of World War One
• 霞多丽Xiá duō lìChardonnay (grape type)
• 霞山区Xiá shān QūXiashan, a district of Zhanjiang City 湛江市
• 霞浦县Xiá pǔ XiànXiapu, a county in Ningde City 宁德市
• 霞山Xiá shānsee 霞山区
• 霞浦Xiá pǔsee 霞浦县

Words containing 霞

• 晚霞wǎn xiásunset glow; sunset clouds; afterglow
• 彩霞cǎi xiáclouds tinged with sunset hues
• 王军霞Wáng Jūn xiáWang Junxia (1973-), Chinese long-distance runner
• 丹霞Dān xiáMt Danxia in Shaoguan 韶关; Danxia landform (red conglomerate and sandstone)
• 烟霞yān xiáhaze
• 丹霞山Dān xiá ShānMt Danxia in Shaoguan 韶关
• 伏明霞Fú Míng xiáFu Mingxia (1978–), Chinese diver and Olympic champion
• 徐霞客Xú Xiá kèXu Xiake (1587-1641), Ming dynasty travel writer and geographer, author of Xu Xiake's…
• 林青霞Lín Qīng xiáBrigitte Lin (1954-), Taiwanese actress
• 栖霞区Qī xiá QūQixia, a district of Nanjing City 南京市
• 栖霞市Qī xiá ShìQixia, a county-level city in Yantai City 烟台市
• 赤霞珠Chì xiá zhūCabernet Sauvignon (grape type)
• 丹霞地貌Dān xiá dì màoDanxia landform (red conglomerate and sandstone)
• 徐霞客游记Xú Xiá kè Yóu jìXu Xiake's Travel Diaries, a book of travel records by 徐霞客
• 栖霞Qī xiásee 栖霞市; see 栖霞区

Characters built on 叚

These share the phonetic component 叚 (), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 假jiǎfake; false; artificial
• 瑕xiáblemish; flaw in jade
• 暇xiáleisure
• 遐xiádistant; long-lasting; to abandon
• 猳jiāmythical ape; variant of 豭
• 葭jiāreed; Phragmites communis
• 煆xiāa raging fire
• 瘕jiǎobstruction in the intestine

Characters that look like 霞

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

• 覆fùto cover; to overflow; to overturn
• 霍huò(literary) suddenly
• 蕾lěibud
• 簧huángreed (of a music instrument); spring; coil
• 瞿qústartled; Taiwan pr. jù
• 襄xiāng(literary) to assist

Sounds the same

Read xiá, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 辖linchpin (used to fasten a wheel to an axle); (bound form) to govern…
• 峡gorge
• 狭narrow; narrow-minded
• 侠knight-errant; brave and chivalrous; hero
• 瑕blemish; flaw in jade
• 匣box
• 暇leisure
• 遐distant; long-lasting; to abandon
• 黠(phonetic); crafty
• 狎(bound form; literary) to take liberties with sb or sth; to treat frivolously
• 硖place name
• 舺boat; Taiwan pr. jiǎ