晦 meaning and stroke order
Dark, obscure, unclear; night
How to write 晦, stroke by stroke
11 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 晦
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- (bound form) last day of a lunar month
- (bound form) dark; gloomy
- (literary) night
How 晦 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Sun.
日 gives the meaning and 每 hints at the sound.
Radical: 日 (sun), shared by 116 characters on this site.
How to remember 晦
晦 combines 日 (sun), the meaning part, with 每 (měi), the sound part. Picture the sun 日 fading away every 每 evening, leaving things dark and unclear.
晦 rarely stands alone in modern Chinese and mostly appears in set words like 晦气 (huìqì, bad luck), 晦暗 (huì'àn, dim, gloomy) and 隐晦 (yǐnhuì, obscure, veiled). Example: 今天真晦气，钱包丢了。(Jīntiān zhēn huìqì, qiánbāo diū le.) Today is so unlucky, I lost my wallet.
Common mistake: Learners often read 晦 as měi or huǐ because of 每 and 悔 (huǐ, regret). 晦 is fourth tone huì and has 日 on the left, while 悔 has the heart radical 忄. The related 海 (hǎi, sea) has water 氵 instead.
Common words with 晦
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 晦气 | huìqì | bad luck; unlucky |
Questions about 晦
How many strokes are in 晦?
晦 is written with 11 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 晦 mean?
晦 (huì) means dark, obscure, unclear; night. A common word with it is 晦气 (huìqì), meaning "bad luck; unlucky".
How do you pronounce 晦?
晦 is pronounced huì, in the fourth tone (falling).
What is the radical of 晦?
The radical of 晦 is 日, which carries the idea of "sun". Dictionaries list 晦 under this radical.
What does 晦 mean in the lunar calendar?
In traditional usage 晦 is the last day of a lunar month, when the moon is not visible. It pairs with 朔 (shuò), the first day of the month, as in the phrase 朔晦.
What does 晦涩 mean?
晦涩 (huìsè) describes writing or language that is obscure and hard to understand. You might say a poem or a technical text is 晦涩难懂 (huìsè nándǒng), obscure and difficult to follow.