懂中文 Dong Chinese

廈

shà, xià

big building

Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 夏 represents the sound.

Components
广 meaning component

广  Meaning component

yǎn, guǎng

  

roof

夏 sound component

夏  Sound component

xià

  

summer

Evolution

廈 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
廈 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

厦 (廈) 

shà

big building, mansion; tall building; mansion; rear annex; lean-to; also pr. [xià]

厦 (廈) 

Xià

abbr. for Xiamen or Amoy 廈門|厦门[Xià​mén], Fujian

Most common words with 廈
Freq.
Word
Meaning

大厦

(used in the names of grand buildings such as 百老匯大廈|百老汇大厦 Broadway Mansions (in Shanghai) or 帝國大廈|帝国大厦 Empire State Building etc)

厦门

Xiamen or Amoy, subprovincial city in Fujian, abbr. 廈|厦[Xià]

厦

mansion

厦门市

also known as Amoy

高楼大厦

tall building