huī
noun #46,386

Meanings

  1. 1 sunshine
  2. 2 sunlight
  3. 3 radiance

Examples

Xī huī sǎ zài jiāng miàn shàng.
The evening sunlight spilled across the river.
Chūn huī cùn cǎo, nán bào mǔ ēn.
Spring sunshine on tiny grass — a child can never fully repay a mother's love.

Tips

register
Literary. Most common in fixed compounds like (chūnhuī, spring sunshine, often a metaphor for maternal love), (zhāohuī, morning glow) and (yúhuī, afterglow). Rarely used standalone in conversation.
memory
= (sun) + (jūn, phonetic). Think of the sun's rays mustering like an army across the sky.

Stroke Order

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