Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 每 represents the sound.
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Historical Evolution
晦
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
晦
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
晦
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
晦
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
晦
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
晦
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
晦
Regular
Modern
Chinese
晦 [huì]
last day of a lunar month; dark; night
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (22)
晦气 [huìqì] #21,879
bad luck
晦气 [huìqì] #21,879
bad luck
隐晦 [yǐnhuì] #23,839
vague
隐晦 [yǐnhuì] #23,839
vague
晦涩 [huìsè] #28,209
difficult to understand
晦涩 [huìsè] #28,209
difficult to understand
晦暗 [huì'àn] #46,688
dark and gloomy
韬光养晦 [tāoguāngyǎnghuì] #37,143
to conceal one's strengths and bide one's time (idiom)
韬光养晦 [tāoguāngyǎnghuì] #37,143
to conceal one's strengths and bide one's time (idiom)
阴晦 [yīnhuì] #58,012
overcast
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JAPANESE WORDS (17)
眩む [くらむ] #24,725
to be dazzled by
⭐ ３０日 [さんじゅうにち] #25,641
30th day of the month
⭐ 大晦日 [おおみそか] #26,510
New Year's Eve
姿をくらます [すがたをくらます] #27,407
to disappear
行方をくらます [ゆくえをくらます] #28,068
to disappear
⭐ 三十日 [みそか] #49,033
last day of the month
韜晦 [とうかい] #50,419
concealing one's talents, status, intentions, etc.
晦ます [くらます] #68,056
to conceal (oneself)
晦冥 [かいめい] #94,304
darkness
晦渋 [かいじゅう] #115,089
ambiguous
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