HSK 6 · Nature

霞 xiá “rosy clouds” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 霞 means

  1. rosy clouds
  2. glow (at sunrise or sunset)
  3. rose-tinted sky or clouds at sunrise or sunset

How to say 霞

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale霞xiá2nd tone, rising

霞 in a sentence

  1. 傍晚，天边的晚霞很美。

    Bàngwǎn, tiānbiān de wǎnxiá hěn měi.

    In the evening, the glow of the sunset on the horizon was beautiful.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 清晨，东方出现了朝霞。

    Qīngchén, dōngfāng chūxiàn le zhāoxiá.

    At dawn, a rosy glow appeared in the east.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 霞 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 霞 (xiá) with each of its parts in a different colour
霞xiárose-tinted sky or clouds at sunrise
  • 雨rain · yǔMeaning part
  • 叚falseSound part

雨 hints at the meaning (rain); 叚 () hints at the sound. Compare it with xiá.

How to write 霞

霞 17 strokes

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霞 (xiá) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 霞 (xiá). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 霞

More words: Nature & Environment

土壤tǔrǎng · soil温带wēndài · temperate zone窝wō · nest溪xī · stream汹涌xiōngyǒng · surging夕阳xīyáng · setting sun悬崖峭壁xuányáqiàobì · sheer cliff畜牧xùmù · animal husbandry

FAQs

霞 (xiá) means “rosy clouds” or “glow (at sunrise or sunset)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xiá: xiá with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 霞 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xia with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 霞 from the suggestions. Typing xia into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
霞 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.