暮
evening; sunset
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Dict coverage rank #2,383 U+66AE
How 暮 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
日 (semantic, “sun”) + 莫 (phonetic, mò)
How to remember it
sunset · Heisig RSH #1585
graveyard + sun
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 莫
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 莫 (mò) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 莫 sound component | mò | cannot; do not; is not; negative |
| 模 | mó | model, pattern, standard; to copy, to imitate |
| 幕 | mù | curtain, screen, tent; measure word for plays and shows |
| 膜 | mó | membrane, film; to kneel and worship |
| 摸 | mō | to caress, to stroke, to gently touch |
| 墓 | mù | grave, tomb |
| 漠 | mò | desert; aloof, cool, indifferent |
| 慕 | mù | to admire, to desire, to long for |
| 募 | mù | to levy, to raise; to recruit; to summon |
| 蟆 | má | frog, toad |
| 摹 | mó | to trace; to imitate, to copy; pattern |
| 谟 | mó | to scheme, to plan; to practice |
| 馍 | mó | bread |
| 寞 | mò | silent, still; lonely, solitary |
| 蓦 | mò | suddenly, quickly, abruptly |
| 糢 | mó | rice snacks |
| 镆 | mò | sword |
| 嫫 | mó | Huangdi's ugly concubine; ugly woman, nurse |
| 瘼 | mò | sickness; distress |
Words containing 暮
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 朝生暮死 | zhāo shēng mù sǐ | lit. born in the morning and dying at dusk (idiom); fig. ephemeral; transient |
| 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 alrea… |
| 朝思暮想 | zhāo sī mù xiǎng | to yearn for sth day and night (idiom) |
| 垂暮之年 | chuí mù zhī nián | old age |
| 日暮途穷 | rì mù tú qióng | sunset, the end of the road (idiom); in terminal decline; at a dead end |
| 暮气 | mù qì | evening mist; fig. declining spirits; lethargy |
| 日暮 | rì mù | sunset |
| 暮色 | mù sè | twilight |
| 暮年 | mù nián | one's declining years; one's old age |
| 朝朝暮暮 | zhāo zhāo mù mù | from dawn to dusk; all the time |
| 朝秦暮楚 | zhāo Qín mù Chǔ | serve Qin in the morning Chu in the evening (idiom); quick to switch sides |
| 向暮 | xiàng mù | towards evening |
| 晨钟暮鼓 | chén zhōng mù gǔ | lit. morning bell, evening drum, symbolizing monastic practice (idiom); fig. encouragement… |
| 暮鼓晨钟 | mù gǔ chén zhōng | lit. evening drum, morning bell (idiom); fig. Buddhist monastic practice; the passage of t… |
| 暮景 | mù jǐng | an evening scene; fig. one's old age |
| 暮色苍茫 | mù sè cāng máng | the hazy dusk of twilight (idiom) |
| 薄暮 | bó mù | dusk; twilight |
| 暮岁 | mù suì | the last days of the year; old age |
| 岁暮 | suì mù | end of the year |
| 迟暮 | chí mù | (literary) dusk; twilight; (fig.) the twilight of one's life; one's declining years |