夕

xī
#2,000 most
frequent character
dusk, evening, Taiwan pr. [xi4]

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

夕 shows the moon at dusk, so its first meaning was sunset. It later came to mean evening or eve.

Drawn as: moon at dusk

夕 as a component in other characters

meaning4 characters
sound2 characters
picture6 characters
empty2 characters

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