旭 (juk1 | xu4) : rising sun; radiant

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旭

juk1

xu4

[1] [n] rising sun; brilliance
[2] [adj] radiant; brilliant

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Stroke count: 6

Level: 2

Radical: 日 (#72)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

旭

This word has been viewed 6192 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Steph_fr on 15th Aug 2007 08:39 and last edited on 27th Nov 2014 23:56

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旭日 juk1 jat6 xu4 ri4 = the rising sun , sunrise

旭日東昇 juk1 jat6 dung1 sing1 xu4 ri4 dong1 sheng1 = the rising sun , sunrise

旭日東升 juk1 jat6 dung1 sing1 xu4 ri4 dong1 sheng1 = the (red morning) sun rises in the east

旭日初升 juk1 jat6 co1 sing1 xu4 ri4 chu1 sheng1 = the (red morning) sun has just risen

言承旭 jin4 sing4 juk1 yan2 cheng2 xu4 = Jerry Yan

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Decimal representation of this word: 旭
Unicode code for this character: U+65ed (off-site link)

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