Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

red clouds

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “xia” becomes a different word in each tone. 霞 is the 2nd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 彩霞cǎi xiáclouds tinged with sunset hues
  • 霞光xiá guāngmulticolored sunlight of sunrise or sunset
  • 晚霞wǎn xiásunset glow; sunset clouds; afterglow
  • 烟霞yān xiáhaze
  • 霞径xiá jìnga misty path; the path of the Daoist immortals

Example Sentence

傍晚,天边出现了一片绚丽的晚霞。Bàng wǎn, tiān biān chū xiàn le yí piàn xuàn lì de wǎn xiá.At dusk, a stretch of gorgeous sunset clouds appeared on the horizon.

傍晚Bàng wǎnin the evening天边tiān biānhorizon出现chū xiànto appearle(completed action)onepiàndisk绚丽xuàn lìgorgeousdeof晚霞wǎn xiásunset glow