Memory phrase for the character: 霞
霞
Meaning
red clouds, afterglow, red sunset Pronunciation xiá Explanation Top: rain 雨 (here: generally weather), bottom: (free interpretation: mine/pit) 叚 (In a hole 口 with a ladder 'E' you have the tool コ in your hand 又)
Mnemonic
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This weather (phenomenon) has (dulled light) like in a mine: Red clouds at sunset. Radicals
雨
rain View out of a window 冂 into the rain =,=. The upper line is a rain cloud.
叚
mine, pit In a hole 口 with a ladder you have the tool コ in your hand 又. (This interpretation is without any etymological background.)
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Vocabulary
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晚霞 wǎn xiá
sunset glow; sunset clouds; afterglow
彩霞 cǎi xiá
clouds tinged with sunset hues
霞飞 Xiá fēi
Joseph Joffre (1852-1931), leading French general at the start of World War One
霞飞 Xiá fēi
