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阳 yáng — “sun, sunshine”

How to write and say the Chinese character 阳 (yáng), which means sun, sunshine — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Nature & weather.

Pinyin · 拼音 yáng
Meaning · 意思 sun, sunshine
Strokes · 笔画 6
Radical · 部首 阝 (mound or town)
Hear it · 听发音
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Stroke order笔顺

阳 is written with 6 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):

The story behind it字源小故事

Picture it: the place 阝 of the sun 日; compare 阴.

A common word常用词

太tài阳yáng

the sun

Example sentence例句

太tài阳yáng出chū来lái了le。

The sun is out.

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