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厦
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skyscraper

HSK 10
Abstract →Qualities
shà
カ、サ
いえ
하
Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 夏 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (廈)
广 roof+ 夏 summer =
廈 skyscraper
广 Meaning component
yǎn roof
"house on a cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序, 底 etc
夏 Phonetic component
xià summer
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Simplified (厦)
厂 cliff (radical)+ 夏 summer =
厦 big building
厂 Meaning component
hǎn cliff (radical)
"cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 27), occurring in 原, 历, 压 etc
夏 Phonetic component
xià summer
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Notes
Similar Characters
厅 room (simp)厨 closet (simp)庀 to prepare庄 farmstead (simp)庇 shield庋 a cupboard or序 preface庐 hut (simp)庑 luxuriant (simp)库 armory (simp)底 bottom庖 cooking店 store庙 imperial (simp)府 government office庞 big (simp)废 abrogate (simp)庠 village school庥 shelter座 seat
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
厦
Regular
Modern
Chinese
厦 / 廈 [Xià]
abbr. for Xiamen or Amoy 廈門|厦门[Xià​mén], Fujian
厦 / 廈 [shà]
tall building; mansion; rear annex; lean-to; also pr. [xià]
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
廈 ひさし
Hisashi given name
CHINESE WORDS (18)
大厦 [dà​shà] #4,863
(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 [Xià​mén] #52,370
Xiamen or Amoy, subprovincial city in Fujian, abbr. 廈|厦[Xià]
厦门市 [Xià​mén​shì] #6,405
Xiamen, subprovincial city in Fujian
高楼大厦 [gāo​lóu​dà​shà] #31,541
tall building
厦门大学 [Xià​mén​Dà​xué] #16,350
Xiamen University
摩天大厦 [mó​tiān​dà​shà] #37,251
skyscraper
金茂大厦 [Jīn​mào​Dà​shà] #41,538
Jin Mao Tower, skyscraper in Shanghai
大厦将倾 [dà​shà​jiāng​qīng] #59,512
great mansion on the verge of collapse (idiom); hopeless situation
噶厦 [gá​xià] #62,713
government of Tibet, dissolved in 1959
世贸大厦 [Shì​mào​Dà​shà]
World Trade Center
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JAPANESE WORDS (2)
大廈高楼 [たいかこうろう] #241,178
large building and lofty tower
廈門 [アモイ] #299,025
Xiamen (China)