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  *日* | 日* | *日
sun / day / date, day of the month
HSK 1
HSK 2
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  *落* | 落* | *落
to fall or drop / (of the sun) to set / (of a tide) to go out / to lower / to decline or sink / to lag or fall behind / to fall onto / to rest with / to get or receive / to write down / whereabouts / settlement
HSK 4
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  *晒* | 晒* | *晒
(of the sun) to shine on / to bask in (the sunshine) / to dry (clothes, grain etc) in the sun / (fig.) to expose and share (one's experiences and thoughts) on the Web (loanword from "share") / (coll.) to give the cold shoulder to
HSK 4
multicolored / every color under the sun
HSK 4
to go down a hill / (of the sun or moon) to set
HSK 7-9
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  *损* | 损* | *损
to decrease; to lose / to damage; to harm / (coll.) to ridicule; to deride / (coll.) caustic; sarcastic; nasty; mean / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes:
HSK 7-9
the rising sun
HSK 7-9
moderate wind, beautiful sun (idiom); fine sunny weather, esp. in springtime
HSK 7-9
to be in the sun (getting warm or sunbathing etc) / to put sth in the sun (e.g. to dry it)
HSK 7-9
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  *阳* | 阳* | *阳
positive (electric.) / sun / male principle (Taoism) / Yang, opposite: 陰|阴
sunset / the setting sun
Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孫武|孙武 (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孫子兵法|孙子兵法, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书
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  *晟* | 晟* | *晟
brightness of sun / splendor / also pr. [cheng2]
to climb a hill / to go to the mountains / (of silkworms) to go up bundles of straw (to spin cocoons) / to pass away / (of the sun or moon) to rise
glow of the setting sun
lit. like the sun at noon (idiom) / fig. to be at the peak of one's power, career etc
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  *荪* | 荪* | *荪
fragrant grass
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  *孙* | 孙* | *孙
surname Sun
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  *孙* | 孙* | *孙
grandson / descendant
the sun and moon / day and month / every day and every month / season / life and livelihood
facing the sun / exposed to the sun
Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers from the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记
first rays of morning sun / first glimmer of dawn
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  *晅* | 晅* | *晅
light of the sun / to dry in the sun
daytime / sun / time
hatchway / skylight / sun roof
to be exposed to the sun / in a position facing the sun
the morning sun
Eastern Wu (222-280) / the southern state of Wu during the Three Kingdoms period, founded by Sun Quan 孫權|孙权
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  *旭* | 旭* | *旭
dawn / rising sun
Suning county in Cangzhou 滄州|沧州, Hebei
Song Qingling (1893-1981), second wife of Sun Yat-sen 孫中山|孙中山, influential political figure in China after Sun's death in 1925
(of the sun) to scorch / to expose to a scorching sun
nutation (plants turning to face the sun)
to sun-dry
sun
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  *榫* | 榫* | *榫
(cabinetmaking) tenon
blazing sun
the six directions (north, south, east, west, up, down) / the whole country / the universe / everything under the sun
Purple Mountain in suburbs of Nanjing, with Ming tombs and Sun Yat-sen's mausoleum
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  *燧* | 燧* | *燧
(bound form) material or tool used to light a fire by means of friction or the sun's rays / (bound form) beacon fire (alarm signal in border regions), esp. one lit during daytime to produce smoke
the whole world / throughout the land / everything under the sun
Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记
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  *晕* | 晕* | *晕
dizzy / halo / ring around moon or sun
to come and go / to roam about (mostly unseen) / (of a ghost) to haunt (a place) / (of a criminal) to stalk (the streets) / (of the sun) to rise and set
wide sea and sky (idiom); boundless open vistas / the whole wide world / chatting about everything under the sun
golden cudgel, weapon wielded by Sun Wukong in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记
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  *曝* | 曝* | *曝
to air / to sun
to shield from the sun
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  *昀* | 昀* | *昀
sun light / used in personal name
Great Sage the Equal of Heaven, self-proclaimed title of the Monkey King Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空 in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记
Chinese tunic suit, a jacket style introduced by Sun Yat-sen 孫中山|孙中山 and often worn by Mao Zedong
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  *晞* | 晞* | *晞
dawn / to dry in the sun
in this world / under the sun
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  *曈* | 曈* | *曈
sun about to rise
father or founder of a nation / Father of the Republic (Sun Yat-sen)
the sun sets in the west (idiom)
the sun, the moon, and the stars
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  *旸* | 旸* | *旸
rising sun / sunshine
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  *笋* | 笋* | *笋
bamboo shoot
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  *隼* | 隼* | *隼
falcon / Taiwan pr. [zhun3]
sun (dialect) / daytime / date
inclining to the west (e.g. of the sun after noon, indicating lateness of the day)
Dr Sun Yat-sen's mausoleum in Nanjing
setting sun
setting sun
(Internet slang) alternative for 你媽|你妈 / (transcription from Tibetan) the sun
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  *杲* | 杲* | *杲
high / sun shines brightly / to shine
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  *昳* | 昳* | *昳
the declining sun in the west
scorching sun
lit. to fish for three days and sun-dry the nets for two days (proverb) / fig. not to persevere in doing sth / to do sth by fits and starts
the sun and moon like a shuttle (idiom); How time flies!
the sun shines fiercely
to dry in the sun
to talk endlessly; to talk about everything under the sun
lit. to dispel the clouds and see the sun (idiom); fig. to restore justice
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  *暾* | 暾* | *暾
sun above the horizon
bright sun / beautiful day
Golden Crow / the sun / the three-legged golden crow that lives in the sun
final radiance of setting sun / fig. dying flash (of lucidity or activity, prior to demise)
extremely hot (weather) / blazing (sun) / (fig.) burning (enthusiasm)
every kind / every variety under the sun / a complete gamut
lit. exposed to sun and rain (idiom) / fig. exposed to the elements
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *狲* | 狲* | *狲
used in 猢猻|猢狲 / used in 兔猻|兔狲
the sun sets over western hills (idiom); the day approaches its end / fig. time of decline / the end of an era / Sic transit gloria mundi
total eclipse of the sun
(idiom) in broad daylight; in the middle of the day / KMT emblem, a white sun on a blue background
unprocessed sun-dried tea leaves used to make black or green tea
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  *飧* | 飧* | *飧
(literary) supper
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  *搎* | 搎* | *搎
to rub with the hand / to stroke
to transfer grain from a store (e.g. to sun it) / voice breaking (of male opera singer in puberty)
to be on the verge of eruption (idiom) / (of the sun) to emerge in all its brilliance
coxswain / steersman / boatswain (bo'sun)
partial eclipse of the sun
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  *簨* | 簨* | *簨
cross-beam for hanging bells
one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp / sporadic effort / lack of sticking power / short attention span
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  *㫰* | 㫰* | *㫰
(dialect) to dry (sth) in the sun; to dry (sth) in the air
one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp / sporadic effort / short attention span
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  *褦* | 褦* | *褦
ignorant / sun hat

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