晷
guǐ
rareRadical 日Strokes 12
How is 晷 read in the Chinese Bible?
晷 is read guǐ in the Chinese Union Version. It occurs 3 times in 2 verses across 2 books, first in 2 Kings 20:11. Common words: 日晷.
- Occurrences
- 3
- Verses
- 2
- Books
- 2
- First in
- 2 Kings 20:11
Words it forms in the Bible
- 日晷rì guǐ× 3sundial
Meaning: the sun's shadow; sundial; time
In the text
- 2 Kings 20:11
先知以赛亚求告耶和华，耶和华就使亚哈斯的日晷向前进的日影，往后退了十度。
- Isaiah 38:8
就是叫亚哈斯的日晷，向前进的日影往后退十度。」于是，前进的日影果然在日晷上往后退了十度。
Reading checked against CC-CEDICT, for the character or the word it sits in.
Rare: outside the 3,500 level-1 characters of the 通用规范汉字表 (2013), China’s official list of common characters. For learners: common by that list, but in no HSK 3.0 word of levels 1–6.