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nightfall

HSK 1
Abstract →Time
wǎn
バン
くれ、おそい
만
Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 免 represents the sound.
Components
日 day+ 免 avoid =
晚 nightfall
日 Meaning component
rì day
sun
免 Phonetic component
miǎn avoid
spare
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Notes
Similar Characters
妟 safe旦 dawn昃 afternoon昌 prosperous昔 times past昜 out晕 halo (simp)晶 sparkling暈 dizzy (trad)暴 violent朝 dynasty眾 multitude (trad)莫 nobody衆 crowd (trad/jp)間 interval/room (trad/jp)间 space (simp)习 flapping (simp)尞 burnt offering早 early旬 decameron
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
Clerical
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
晚
Regular
Modern
Chinese
晚 [wǎn]
evening; night; late
Japanese
晩 ばん 同音
  1. nounadverb evening; night
  2. noun abbrev. dinner; evening meal
  3. counter counter for nights
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
グロリアは断然その晩のピカ一の歌手であった。
Gloria was easily the best singer of that evening.
CHINESE WORDS (97)
晚上 [wǎn​shang] #368
evening
今晚 [jīn​wǎn] #262
tonight
昨晚 [zuó​wǎn] #608
yesterday evening
晚安 [wǎn​'ān] #823
Good night!
晚餐 [wǎn​cān] #1,208
evening meal
晚饭 [wǎn​fàn] #1,670
evening meal
晚饭 [wǎn​fàn] #1,670
evening meal
夜晚 [yè​wǎn] #2,063
night
晚会 [wǎn​huì] #3,280
evening party
晚会 [wǎn​huì] #3,280
evening party
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