BloomkoHSK 2 · Seasons & sky
太阳
tài yáng
sun
Stroke order of 太阳
2 characters, 10 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.
太 · 4 strokes阳 · 6 strokes
Memory trick
A big '大' extra dot '丶' of sun '日' shining by the hill '阝' — the sun.
Parts: 太 very; great (大 big + 丶 dot) + 阳 sun; sunny side (阝 hill + 日 sun)
The characters in 太阳
- 太 tài — too (much); extremely (4 strokes)
Example sentence
今天太阳很大。
The sun is really strong today.