暮 — Chinese character
暮
mù
dusk, evening, sunset; ending
- Pinyin
- mù
- Radical
- 72 ⽇ (Sun)
- Strokes
- 15
- Components
- 莫 日
- Formation
- pictophonetic — sun; meaning component 日; sound component 莫
- Japanese
- 暮 as a kanji
Common words with 暮
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 日暮 | rì mù | sunset |
| 暮色 | mù sè | twilight |
| 暮年 | mù nián | one's declining years; one's old age |
| 薄暮 | bó mù | dusk; twilight |
| 朝思暮想 | zhāo sī mù xiǎng | to yearn for sth day and night (idiom) |
| 朝三暮四 | zhāo sān mù sì | lit. say three in the morning but four in the evening (idiom); to change sth that is already settled upon; indecisive |
| 岁暮 (歲暮) | suì mù | end of the year |
| 朝朝暮暮 | zhāo zhāo mù mù | from dawn to dusk; all the time |
| 暮气 (暮氣) | mù qì | evening mist; fig. declining spirits |
| 迟暮 (遲暮) | chí mù | (literary) dusk; twilight; (fig.) the twilight of one's life; one's declining years |
| 垂暮之年 | chuí mù zhī nián | old age |
| 朝秦暮楚 | zhāo Qín mù Chǔ | serve Qin in the morning Chu in the evening (idiom); quick to switch sides |
English words written with 暮
暮 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Art of War 1 · Mencius 2 · Zhuangzi 7
- Art of War 7.28
- Mencius 2B.6
- Mencius 7A.23
- Zhuangzi The Identity of Contraries
- Zhuangzi Hsü Wu Kuei
- Zhuangzi Robber Chê
- Zhuangzi Lieh Tzŭ
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