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夕

xī

evening

Pictograph of the moon. Used to express "evening" or "night".

Evolution

夕 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
夕 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
夕 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
夕 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
夕 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

夕  

xī

evening, night, dusk; slanted; dusk; evening; Taiwan pr. [xì]

Most common words with 夕
Freq.
Word
Meaning

前夕

eve

夕

dusk

除夕

lunar New Year's Eve

夕阳

sunset

危在旦夕

in imminent peril (idiom)

Component uses

Meaning component in 7 characters (3 verified)

夜 夢 梦 汐 飧 夤 穸

Sound component in 3 characters (0 verified)

汐 矽 穸

Iconic component in 2 characters (2 verified)

名 夙

Simplified component in 2 characters (2 verified)

罗 岁

Unknown component in 2 characters (0 verified)

桨 拶

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*s-ɢAk

zjek

xī

evening, night


Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 5.3660% of movies

2398th most common character in movies

2003rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

3

Unicode

U+5915

Shuowen

“夕，莫也。从月半見。”


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