夕 — Chinese character
夕
xī
evening, night, dusk; slanted
- Pinyin
- xī
- Radical
- 36 ⼣ (Evening)
- Strokes
- 3
- Components
- 勹 丶
- Formation
- pictographic — A crescent moon
- Japanese
- 夕 as a kanji
Common words with 夕
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 前夕 | qián xī | eve; the day before |
| 夕阳 (夕陽) | xī yáng | sunset; the setting sun |
| 危在旦夕 | wēi zài dàn xī | in imminent peril (idiom); on the brink of crisis |
| 一朝一夕 | yī zhāo yī xī | lit. one morning and one evening (idiom); fig. in a short period of time |
| 朝夕 | zhāo xī | morning and night; all the time |
| 一夕 | yī xī | overnight; instantly; very quickly |
| 夕阳西下 (夕陽西下) | xī yáng xī xià | the sun sets in the west (idiom) |
| 朝夕相处 (朝夕相處) | zhāo xī xiāng chǔ | to spend all one's time together (idiom) |
| 夕照 | xī zhào | glow of the setting sun |
| 只争朝夕 (只爭朝夕) | zhǐ zhēng zhāo xī | (idiom) to seize every minute; to make the best use of one's time |
| 朝令夕改 | zhāo lìng xī gǎi | to make frequent or unpredictable changes in policy (idiom) |
| 命在旦夕 | mìng zài dàn xī | to be at death's door (idiom) |
English words written with 夕
夕 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 1 · I Ching 1 · Mencius 1 · Zhuangzi 2
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