暮

mù
#2,762 most
frequent character
evening, sunset

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

暮 shows the sun 日 going down, with 莫 mò, itself 'the sun setting', doing double duty as sound and meaning. The first sense was the sun setting; from there it grew to 'evening'.

Drawn as: the setting sun

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Homophones

墓mù
tomb, grave, mausoleum
幕mù
screen
牧mù
to herd, to breed livestock
木mù
(bound form) tree, (bound form) wood
目mù
eye, (literary) to look, to regard

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