夕

🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

dusk

HSK 5 N3

Abstract →Time

xī

セキ

ゆう

석, 사

Pictograph of the moon. Used to express "evening" or "night".

Notes

Historical Evolution

Oracle

(~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze

Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Seal

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

夕

Regular

Modern

Chinese

夕 [xī]

dusk; evening; Taiwan pr. [xì]

Japanese

勺、夕 (old) しゃく、せき同音

noun

shaku; (explanation) traditional unit of volume, approx. 18 ml
shaku; (explanation) traditional unit of area, approx. 0.033 meters square

夕ゆう同音

nounadverb evening

夕べ、夕ゆうべ同音

noun

poetical evening
evening (of a special event) (used in titles following noun + の)
last night; yesterday evening (usu. 昨夜)

Example Sentences

🇯🇵 (1)

朝は４脚、昼は２脚、そして夕は３脚で歩くものは何か。

What goes on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon, and three legs in the evening?

Japanese Names

夕いぶ

Ibu female given name

夕ゆう

Yū female given namesurname

夕ゆうべ

Yūbe female given name

CHINESE WORDS (50)

危在旦夕 [wēizàidànxī] #13,126

in imminent peril (idiom)

宾夕法尼亚州 [Bīnxīfǎníyàzhōu] #16,653

Pennsylvania

宾夕法尼亚州 [Bīnxīfǎníyàzhōu] #16,653

Pennsylvania

七夕 [Qīxī] #21,246

double seven festival, evening of seventh of lunar seventh month

夕阳西下 [xīyángxīxià] #38,696

the sun sets in the west (idiom)

夕阳西下 [xīyángxīxià] #38,696

the sun sets in the west (idiom)

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JAPANESE WORDS (89)

⭐ 夕方 [ゆうがた] #2,182

early evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm)

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KOREAN WORDS (7)

one morning and one evening

조석

morning and evening; all day