xiá = xi + a2
rose-tinted sky or clouds at sunrise or sunset
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How to pronounce 霞

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= xi initial

Xi is for Xi Shi (西施), one of the renowned Four Beauties of ancient China.

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+ a2 final

In the ashram’s kitchen.

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霞 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
jiǎ = ji + a3
variant of 假[jia3] / to borrow
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= yu + Ø3
rain / CL:陣|阵[zhen4],場|场[chang2]
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= yu + Ø4
(literary) to rain / (of rain, snow etc) to fall / to precipitate / to wet
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Characters with 霞 as component

霞 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 霞

sunset glow / sunset clouds / afterglow
multicolored sunlight of sunrise or sunset
Mt Danxia in Shaoguan 韶關|韶关[Shao2 guan1], Guangdong / Danxia landform (red conglomerate and sandstone)

Sentences with 霞

kàn
 
 
shǎn
shǎn
hóng
xiá
 
 
jiù
shì
táo
yuán

Want to remember 霞 for good?

Make it your learning target and MandarinBanana works out the shortest route to it: the two sounds its syllable is built from, then the components of the character itself, one short step at a time. No account needed to start.

xiá

rose-tinted sky or clouds at sunrise or sunset

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