懂中文 Dong Chinese

霞

xiá

rosy clouds

Phonosemantic compound. 雨 represents the meaning and 叚 represents the sound.

Components
雨 meaning component

雨  Meaning component

yǔ, yù

  

rain

叚 sound component

叚  Sound component

jiǎ

  

false

Evolution

霞 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
霞 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

霞  

xiá

rosy clouds; rose-tinted sky or clouds at sunrise or sunset

Most common words with 霞
Freq.
Word
Meaning

霞

red clouds

晚霞

sunset glow

林青霞

Brigitte Lin (1954-), Taiwanese actress

霞光

multicolored sunlight of sunrise or sunset

栖霞

Xixia county level city in Yantai 煙台|烟台, Shandong