Keyword
positive
- the male principle
- bright
- sunny
- clear
- lit
- open
- Frequency
- #710
- Strokes
- 6
Readings
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Mnemonic
The place 阝 of the sun 日; compare 阴
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
太阳
sun; sunlight; sunshine; temple (on the side of the human head) (abbr. for 太阳穴 (tàiyángxué))
阳光
sunshine; (of personality) upbeat; energetic; transparent (open to public scrutiny)
阳
positive (electric.); sun; male principle (Taoism); Yang, opposite: 阴 (yīn)
太阳能
solar energy
阳台
balcony; porch
朝阳
to be exposed to the sun; in a position facing the sun
阴阳
yin and yang
阳性
positive; masculine
太阳系
solar system
欧阳
two-character surname Ouyang
夕阳
sunset; the setting sun
朝阳区
Chaoyang, an inner district of Beijing; Chaoyang, a district of Changchun City 长春市 (ChángchūnShì), Jilin; Chaoyang, a district of Shantou City 汕头市 (ShàntóuShì), Guangdong
沈阳市
Shenyang, sub-provincial city and capital of Liaoning Province 辽宁省 (LiáoníngShěng)
阳痿
(medicine) impotence
向阳
facing the sun; exposed to the sun
晒太阳
to be in the sun (getting warm or sunbathing etc); to put sth in the sun (e.g. to dry it)
赵紫阳
Zhao Ziyang (1919-2005), PRC reforming politician, general secretary of Chinese Communist Party 1987-1989, held under house arrest from 1989 to his death, and non-person since then
太阳神
Sun God; Apollo
阳具
penis
阳春
mild spring weather
太阳光
sunlight
贵阳市
Guiyang, prefecture-level city and capital of Guizhou Province 贵州省 (GuìzhōuShěng)
王阳明
Wang Yangming (1472-1529), Ming dynasty Neo-Confucian philosopher, influential in the School of Mind 心学 (xīnxué)
阳刚
manly; masculine