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昔

xī

in the past, ancient times

Depicts a period of time (日) in the past where there was a disastrous flood (𡿧).

Components
𡿧 iconic component

𡿧  Iconic component

zāi

  

flood

Depicts a flood of water.

日 iconic component

日  Iconic component

rì

  

sun

Evolution

昔 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

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

Bronze script

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

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

昔  

xī

formerly; ancient; in beginning; former times; the past; Taiwan pr. [xí]

昔  

Xī

surname Xi

Most common words with 昔
Freq.
Word
Meaning

昔

the past

往昔

the past

昔日

formerly

今非昔比

times have changed

昔年

former years

Component uses

Meaning component in 3 characters (0 verified)

腊 醋 厝

Sound component in 10 characters (6 verified)

錯 错 借 措 惜 鵲 猎 蜡 鹊 耤

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[s]Ak

sjek

xī

in the past


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 3.2677% of movies

2723rd most common character in movies

2388th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+6614

Shuowen

“昔，乾肉也。从殘肉，日以晞之，與俎同意。腊，籀文从肉。”


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