廈 meaning and stroke order
Large building; mansion
How to write 廈, stroke by stroke
13 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 廈
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- (bound form) tall building; mansion
- (bound form) rear annex; lean-to
- Taiwan pr. [xia4]
How 廈 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Building.
广 gives the meaning and 夏 hints at the sound.
Radical: 广 (broad), shared by 60 characters on this site.
How to remember 廈
廈 is a pictophonetic character: 广 (a roof or building) on top gives the meaning, and 夏 (xià) inside gives the sound. Picture a grand building whose wide roof 广 shelters a whole summer 夏 of activity.
廈 is a bound form, so it almost never stands alone and usually appears in 大廈 (dàshà), a word used in the names of large buildings. Example: 我在國貿大廈上班。(Wǒ zài Guómào Dàshà shàngbān.) I work at the China World Trade Building.
Common mistake: Learners often read 廈 as xià because of the phonetic 夏, but in mainland standard Mandarin it is shà in 大廈. The xià reading is the Taiwan pronunciation, and it is also the reading used for the city name 廈門 (Xiàmén).
Common words with 廈
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 大廈 | dàshà | (used in the names of grand buildings such as 百老匯大廈|百老汇大厦 Broadway Mansions (in Shanghai) | HSK 7-9 |
Questions about 廈
How many strokes are in 廈?
廈 is written with 13 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 廈 mean?
廈 (shà) means large building; mansion. A common word with it is 大厦 (dàshà), meaning "(used in the names of grand buildings such as 百老匯大廈|百老汇大厦 Broadway Mansions (in Shanghai) ".
How do you pronounce 廈?
廈 is pronounced shà, in the fourth tone (falling).
What is the radical of 廈?
The radical of 廈 is 广, which carries the idea of "broad". Dictionaries list 廈 under this radical.
What is the simplified form of 廈?
廈 is a traditional character. Its simplified form is 厦, used in mainland China and Singapore.
How do you pronounce 廈門, the city in Fujian?
The city is pronounced Xiàmén, with 廈 read as xià. This is different from the shà reading used in 大廈 on the mainland.
Is 大廈 the same as 大樓?
Both refer to large buildings, but 大樓 (dàlóu) is the everyday general word. 大廈 sounds more formal and is mostly used in official building names, like 帝國大廈 (Dìguó Dàshà) for the Empire State Building.