太阳 tàiyáng▶ matahari

Stroke order

太阳 is written in 10 strokes across 2 characters.

• 太 — 4 strokes
• 阳 — 6 strokes

Senses

1. sun
2. sunlight; sunshine

Example sentences

• 今天太阳很大。Jīntiān tàiyáng hěn dà.The sun is strong today.
• 太阳从东边出来。Tàiyáng cóng dōngbian chūlái.The sun rises from the east.

Related words

• 阳光Sinar matahari
• 太juga
• 太太Nyonya
• 阳台balkon
• 太极拳Taijiquan
• 夕阳Matahari terbenam

太阳 is pronounced tàiyáng and means “matahari”. HSK 3 is where this word sits in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the exam used to grade Chinese proficiency. Reading 太阳 and remembering it are not the same achievement: the first fades within days unless the second is practised. LexiTrail times each review to the edge of forgetting, which is where a repetition is worth the most.