06120 Chinese character of 晷 and pronounce gwai2

The Chinese character【晷】that I will teach you this time is a word that describes objects or time. It is mainly used for the following meanings:

Sundial, time. Explanation: (1) An instrument that uses the sun’s shadow to measure time. Such as: “sundial”, “dial for measuring shadows”. (2)Sunlight and shadow. For example: “burning the midnight oil”.

Here is the phonetic guide for pronouncing this Chinese character.

Mandarin Pinyin of 【晷】:guǐ

Cantonese Jyutping of 【晷】:gwai2

Here is an explanation of the primary details of the Chinese character 【晷】︰

Here are some situations where you can use【晷】, for example:Describing an object or time , It mainly means sundial, time.As Chinese characters hold complex and sophisticated meanings, certain aspects may be too detailed to fully articulate in this explanation.

【晷】stands alone as a word, yet when paired with others, it leads to complex linguistic structures, for instance【日晷、時晷】(Mandarin Pinyin:rì guǐ 、shí guǐ/ Cantonese Jyutping:jat6 gwai2 、si4 gwai2)

Writing this character requires 12 strokes,It is an obscure Chinese character that may only be found in ancient texts,Here is a sentence demonstrating the use of this character.:


古代人用日晷來測量時間。

Ancient people used sundials to measure time.


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