曙 shǔ dawn
dawn; daybreak
怎么记住“曙”: 日 sun + 署 bureau = dawn. The first sun ray hits the window of the passport bureau, where people have been queuing since dawn.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
曙 = 日 sun + 署 bureau
- 日 sun
- 署 bureau
The first sun ray hits the window of the passport bureau, where people have been queuing since dawn.
How it came to be
The sun gives the meaning and the right part gives the sound.
用法
- First light of dawn: 曙光 (shǔguāng), which is almost always used figuratively for the first sign of hope: 看到了胜利的曙光 (kàndào le shènglì de shǔguāng) to see the dawn of victory.