廈
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shà · large building

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13Total strokes

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Upper-left enclosureCharacter structure

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广Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 廈

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Example sentences

Notice where 廈 sits in each complete thought.

Nǐ kàn, nà biān zhèng zài mào yān, nà dòng dà shà yí dìng shì shī huǒ le.你看,那邊正在冒煙,那棟大廈一定是失火了。

Look at that smoke. That building must be on fire.

Source: Tatoeba #488402 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Zài yòu hēi yòu zāng de dà shà lǐ, tā mén jiù xiàng xīng xīng yí yàng dì shǎn yào zhù.在又黑又髒的大廈裏,它們就像星星一樣地閃耀著。

They shone like stars in the dark, dirty building.

Source: Tatoeba #1324136 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Niǔ yuē chōng mǎn zhù gāo lóu dà shà.紐約充滿著高樓大廈。

New York bristles with towering buildings.

Source: Tatoeba #864383 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Xiāo fáng yuán huán méi yǒu gǎn dào, nà liǎng zhuàng dà shà jiù yǐ jīng shāo chéng huī jìn le.消防員還沒有趕到,那兩幢大廈就已經燒成灰燼了。

Before the firemen were able to arrive, both buildings burned down.

Source: Tatoeba #579906 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Niǔ yuē dì guó dà shà xiàn zài wán quán yī kào fēng lì fā diàn.紐約帝國大廈現在完全依靠風力發電。

New York's Empire State Building is now running entirely on wind power.

Source: Tatoeba #13736373 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 廈 in context

  1. Say shà, then recall the core meaning: large building.
  2. Write all 13 strokes while keeping the upper-left enclosure balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 廈 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.