朔shuò ❶ (新月) new moon ❷ (朔日) the first day of the lunar month ❸ (北) north: ~ 风 north wind ❹ (姓氏) a surname: ~ 明 Shuo Ming ◆朔方 the north; dreary land in the north; 朔风凛冽 The north wind is piercingly cold.; 朔日 the first day of the lunar month; 朔望 syzygy; the first and the fifteenth day of the lunar month; 朔雪 heavy snow in the north; 朔月 new moon |