晦
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(bound form) last day of a lunar month; (bound form) dark; gloomy; (literary) night
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How 晦 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
日 (semantic, “sun”) + 每 (phonetic, měi)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 每
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 每 (měi) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 每 sound component | měi | each, every |
| 海 | hǎi | sea, ocean; maritime |
| 梅 | méi | plum; prune; surname |
| 霉 | méi | mildew, mold, rot |
| 敏 | mǐn | fast, quick; clever, smart |
| 悔 | huǐ | to regret, to repent, to show remorse |
| 酶 | méi | enzyme; to ferment |
| 莓 | méi | moss; edible berries |
| 诲 | huì | to teach, to instruct; to encourage, to urge |
| 脢 | méi | flesh |
Words containing 晦
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 风雨如晦 | fēng yǔ rú huì | lit. wind and rain darken the sky (idiom); fig. the situation looks grim |
| 风雨晦冥 | fēng yǔ huì míng | conditions of extreme adversity (idiom) |
| 遵时养晦 | zūn shí yǎng huì | to bide one's time, waiting for an opportunity to stage a comeback in public life (idiom) |
| 晦气 | huì qì | bad luck; unlucky; calamitous; wretched |
| 阴晦 | yīn huì | overcast; gloomy |
| 韬光养晦 | tāo guāng yǎng huì | to conceal one's strengths and bide one's time (idiom); to hide one's light under a bushel |
| 晦暗 | huì àn | dark and gloomy |
| 隐晦 | yǐn huì | vague; ambiguous; veiled; obscure |
| 显晦 | xiǎn huì | light and shade |
| 艰深晦涩 | jiān shēn huì sè | abstruse and unfathomable (idiom) |
| 晦涩 | huì sè | difficult to understand; cryptic |
| 悖晦 | bèi huì | (coll.) muddleheaded |