暹 meaning and stroke order
Sunrise; to advance, to rise, to go forward
How to write 暹, stroke by stroke
15 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 暹
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- sunrise
How 暹 is built
Ideographic (compound meaning) character. The sun 日 moving 辶; 隹 provides the pronunciation.
Radical: 日 (sun), shared by 116 characters on this site.
How to remember 暹
Picture the sun 日 perched like a bird 隹 on the walking road 辶, moving up and forward. That is the sun advancing at sunrise.
暹 (xiān) is rare in modern Chinese and appears mainly in the old name for Thailand, 暹罗 (Xiānluó, Siam). Example: 暹罗猫很可爱。(Xiānluó māo hěn kě'ài.) Siamese cats are very cute.
Common mistake: Learners often misread 暹 as jìn because it looks like 進 (jìn, to advance), which also has 辶 and 隹. In 暹 there is a 日 sitting on top of 隹, and the reading is xiān in the first tone.
Questions about 暹
How many strokes are in 暹?
暹 is written with 15 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 暹 mean?
暹 (xiān) means sunrise; to advance, to rise, to go forward.
How do you pronounce 暹?
暹 is pronounced xiān, in the first tone (high and level).
What is the radical of 暹?
The radical of 暹 is 日, which carries the idea of "sun". Dictionaries list 暹 under this radical.
What does 暹罗 mean?
暹罗 (Xiānluó) is the traditional Chinese name for Siam, the former name of Thailand. Today Thailand is usually called 泰国 (Tàiguó), but 暹罗 survives in terms like 暹罗猫 (Siamese cat).
Is 暹 used in everyday Chinese?
Not really. Outside of 暹罗 and some personal or place names, you will rarely see it. For sunrise, people normally say 日出 (rìchū).