Memory phrase for the character: 晒

晒

Hanzi-Trainer

Meaning to dry in the sun, to sunbathe

Pronunciation

shài

Explanation

Left: sun 日, right: west 西 (sun 日 moves 儿 below the horizon 一 at sunset in the west)

Mnemonic
 
The sun in the west (= at the afternoon) is good for drying or a sunbath.

Radicals

日 sun, dayThis radical was developed from a circle with a central dot as the image of the sun. As you can hardly draw circles or dots with a brush, it became the current rectangular shape.
西 westThis sign has a certain resemblance to the sun 日 in combination with strokes 儿 that point downwards to indicate sunset in the west.
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!

 Vocabulary

晒干 shài gān  to dry in the sun
曝晒 pù shài  to expose to strong sunlight
防晒霜 fáng shài shuāng  suntan lotion; sunscreen cream
防晒霜 fáng shài shuāng  

List of the characters | List of the radicals
Get the app of the Hanzi-Trainer!

The app has many other functions, such as character selection according to difficulty, practice programs, handwriting recognition and success statistics!

To the Trainer