朔 (shuò): beginning, first day of lunar month, north
朔 (shuò) is a Chinese character meaning “beginning.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 屰 (structural) and 月 (phonetic). It ranks #3811 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 朔 moon. Its radical form 月 (moon) appears in many related characters such as 月 (yuè, moon, month), 有 (yǒu, to have), 服 (fú, clothes, serve).
Definitions
- beginning
- first day of lunar month
- north
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 扑朔迷离phrase | pū shuò mí lí | impossible to unravel |
| 朔望noun | shuò wàng | the new moon |
| 朔城区 | shuò chéng qū | Shuocheng, a district of Shuozhou City 朔州市, Shanxi |
| 朔州市 | shuò zhōu shì | Shuozhou, prefecture-level city in Shanxi Province 山西省 |
| 正朔 | zhēng shuò | first day of the first lunar month |
| 朔日 | shuò rì | first day of the lunar month |
| 朔月noun | shuò yuè | new moon |
| 月朔 | yuè shuò | the first day of each month |
| 朔望潮 | shuò wàng cháo | spring tide (biggest tide, at new moon or full moon) |
| 朔风 | shuò fēng | north wind |
| 王朔 | wáng shuò | Wang Shuo (1958-), Chinese writer, director and actor |
| 朔城 | shuò chéng | see 朔城區|朔城区 |
| 阳朔县 | yáng shuò xiàn | Yangshuo, a county in Guilin City 桂林市, Guangxi |
| 阳朔 | yáng shuò | see 陽朔縣|阳朔县 |
| 朔州proper-noun | shuò zhōu | see 朔州市 |
朔 appears in 18 compound words: 56 as the first character, 33 as the last, and 11 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
每个月的初一一定要是朔日。
měi gè yuè de chū yī yī dìng yào shì shuò rì .
The first day of each month must be the new moon.
后者如今希望打造系列“迄今最出色的游戏”,而光环工作室的未来则变得扑朔迷离。
hòu zhě rú jīn xī wàng dǎ zào xì liè qì jīn zuì chū sè de yóu xì , ér guāng huán gōng zuò shì de wèi lái zé biàn dé pū shuò mí lí .
The latter now hopes to create "the best game in the series to date," while the future of Halo Studios remains uncertain.
安吉、阳朔、平潭、婺源、应县等“宝藏小城”跻身旅游圈顶流。
ān jí , yáng shuò , píng tán , wù yuán , yīng xiàn děng bǎo zàng xiǎo chéng 跻 shēn lǚ yóu quān dǐng liú .
"Hidden gem" towns such as Anji, Yangshuo, Pingtan, Wuyuan, and Yingxian have risen to the top of the tourism scene.
今年峰值恰逢朔月,月光干扰很小,北半球大部分地区都具备较好的观测条件。
jīn nián fēng zhí qià féng shuò yuè , yuè guāng gān rǎo hěn xiǎo , běi bàn qiú dà bù fēn dì qū dōu jù bèi jiào hǎo de guān cè tiáo jiàn .
This year's peak coincides with a new moon, so there will be minimal interference from moonlight, and observing conditions will be favorable across most of the Northern Hemisphere.
Character Family
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