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Animated Stroke Order 旭

Watch the stroke order, then trace it yourself.

How to write 旭 — animated stroke order
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Stroke Order Diagrams 旭

旭 stroke order diagram
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Printable Writing Worksheet: 旭

旭 handwriting practice worksheet preview
4.

How to Use 旭

Common word with 旭

One common HSK word with 旭 is 旭日, meaning "Rising sun / dawn".

旭日 • xù rì • Rising sun / dawn • HSK 3.0 · L7-9
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Example Sentences

xù旭
guāng光
zhào照
jìn进
fáng房
jiān间

Information

Pinyinxù
Meaningsunrise; morning sun
Strokes6
Radical日
Traditional旭
StructureSemi-Enclosed
Frequency#2377
Zhuyinㄒㄩˋ
UnicodeU+65ED
CangjieAS
xù旭
rì日

Rising sun / dawn

，
wēn温
nuǎn暖
míng明
liàng亮
。

Morning sunlight shines into the room, warm and bright

xù旭
rì日
dōng东
shēng升
，
xīn新
de的
yì一
tiān天
kāi开
shǐ始
le了
。

The sun rises in the east, a new day begins

cháo朝
xù旭
yìng映
hóng红
le了
dōng东
fāng方
de的
tiān天
kōng空
。

The morning sun reddens the eastern sky

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Characters pronounced "xu".

  • 戌xū11th terrestrial branch
  • 嘘xūexhale; blow out; deep sigh; hiss; praise
  • 序xùpreface, introduction, order, sequence
  • 蓄xùto store up, to accumulate
  • 絮xùcotton wadding; long-winded
  • 恤xùto pity, to sympathize with
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Characters with radical "日".

  • 曼mànlong, extended, vast; beautiful
  • 暇xiáleisure, relaxation, spare time
  • 曜yàoglorious, as sun; daylight, sunlight; one of the seven planets of pre-modern astronomy (the sun, the moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn)
  • 晦huìdark; obscure; unlucky
  • 时shítime; season; period
  • 易yìto change; easy
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