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晌
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midday

HSK 10
Abstract →Time
shǎng
ショウ
まひる
Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 向 represents the sound.
Components
日 day+ 向 orientation =
晌 midday
日 Meaning component
rì day
sun
向 Phonetic component
xiàng orientation
to tend toward
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Notes
Similar Characters
妟 safe旦 dawn昃 afternoon昌 prosperous昔 times past昜 out晕 halo (simp)晶 sparkling暈 dizzy (trad)暴 violent朝 dynasty眾 multitude (trad)莫 nobody衆 crowd (trad/jp)間 interval/room (trad/jp)间 space (simp)习 flapping (simp)尞 burnt offering早 early旬 decameron
Chinese
晌 [shǎng]
part of the day; midday
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (10)
晌午 [shǎng​wǔ] #58,810
noon
半晌 [bàn​shǎng] #12,156
half of the day
一时半晌 [yī​shí​bàn​shǎng] #71,226
a short time
一时半晌 [yī​shí​bàn​shǎng] #71,226
a short time
上半晌 [shàng​bàn​shǎng] #71,900
forenoon
前晌 [qián​shǎng] #72,445
(dialect) morning
晚晌 [wǎn​shǎng] #72,966
evening
前半晌 [qián​bàn​shǎng] #73,980
morning
前半晌儿 [qián​bàn​shǎng​r]
erhua variant of 前半晌[qián​bàn​shǎng]
前半晌儿 [qián​bàn​shǎng​r]
erhua variant of 前半晌[qián​bàn​shǎng]