夕
(bound form) sunset; dusk; (bound form) evening; night; Taiwan pr. [xi4]
3 strokes
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How 夕 is formed
Pictograph (象形字)
A crescent moon
components: 勹 丶
How to remember it
evening · Heisig RSH #115
moon
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 夕 as their sound component
These characters all use 夕 (xī) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 夕 sound component | xī | evening, night, dusk; slanted |
| 矽 | xī | silicon |
Words containing 夕
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 宾夕法尼亚大学 | Bīn xī fǎ ní yà Dà xué | University of Pennsylvania |
| 夕阳西下 | xī yáng xī xià | the sun sets in the west (idiom) |
| 天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福 | tiān yǒu bù cè fēng yún , rén yǒu dàn xī huò fú | fortune as unpredictable as the weather, every day may bring fortune or calamity (idiom); … |
| 宾夕法尼亚州 | Bīn xī fǎ ní yà zhōu | Pennsylvania |
| 一朝一夕 | yī zhāo yī xī | lit. one morning and one evening (idiom); fig. in a short period of time; overnight |
| 新年前夕 | xīn nián qián xī | New Year's eve |
| 万圣节前夕 | Wàn shèng jié Qián xī | All Saints' Eve; Halloween |
| 夕阳产业 | xī yáng chǎn yè | sunset industry; declining industry |
| 朝不保夕 | zhāo bù bǎo xī | at dawn, not sure of lasting to evening (idiom); precarious state; imminent crisis; living… |
| 花朝月夕 | huā zhāo yuè xī | a beautiful day; cf Birthday of the Flowers on lunar 15th February and Mid-autumn Festival… |
| 宾夕法尼亚 | Bīn xī fǎ ní yà | Pennsylvania |
| 一夕数惊 | yī xī shù jīng | (lit.) one scare after another in a single night (idiom); (fig.) to live in fear |
| 朝夕相处 | zhāo xī xiāng chǔ | to spend all one's time together (idiom) |
| 朝过夕改 | zhāo guò xī gǎi | to correct in the evening a fault of the morning (idiom); to quickly amend one's ways |
| 夕发朝至 | xī fā zhāo zhì | to depart in the evening and arrive the next morning; overnight (train) |
| 朝令夕改 | zhāo lìng xī gǎi | to make frequent or unpredictable changes in policy (idiom) |
| 小除夕 | xiǎo chú xī | the day before New Year's Eve |
| 朝闻夕改 | zhāo wén xī gǎi | lit. heard in the morning and changed by the evening; to correct an error very quickly (id… |
| 一夕 | yī xī | overnight; instantly; very quickly |
| 七夕节 | Qī xī jié | Qixi Festival or Double Seven Festival on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month; girls' festi… |