朔(shuò)

10 strokes

beginning

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Character information

Pinyin
shuò
Meaning
beginning; first day of lunar month; north
Strokes
10
HSK level
—
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 朔 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿰屰月

In this compound, the meaning comes from 月 (moon); 月 supplies the sound.

One part carries the meaning, the other suggests the sound.

Made of

屰nì月yuè

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 朔 step by step

10 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 朔

Common words using 朔 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

pū扑shuò朔

see 扑朔迷离

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xún旬shuò朔

ten days; one month; short period

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yuè月shuò朔

the first day of each month

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pū扑shuò朔mí迷lí离

impossible to unravel

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shuò朔zhōu州

see 朔州市[Shuo4 zhou1 Shi4]

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shuò朔zhōu州shì市

Shuozhou, prefecture-level city in Shanxi Province 山西省[Shan1 xi1 Sheng3]

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yáng阳shuò朔

see 阳朔县

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yáng阳shuò朔xiàn县

Yangshuo, a county in Guilin City 桂林市[Gui4 lin2 Shi4], Guangxi

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Related characters

From 朔’s common words

扑旬月迷离州市阳

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