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[1] evening; dusk; sunset [2] night [3] slanted; oblique [4] [v] meet in the evening [5] a Chinese family name Stroke count: 3
Level: 3
Radical: 夕 (#36)
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Don't confuse with: 夂夊 |
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| This character was last edited on 21st Feb 2008 | |
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前夕
cin4 zik6 = eve; the night before
朝夕
ziu1 zik6 = day and night; always
萬聖節前夕
maan6 sing3 zit3 cin4 zik6 = Halloween
除夕
ceoi4 zik6 = (Chinese lunar calendar) New Year's eve
聖誕節前夕
sing3 daan3 zit3 cin4 zik6 = Christmas eve
夕陽
zik6 joeng4 = sunset
一朝一夕
jat1 ziu1 jat1 zik6 = in one morning or evening; overnight; in one day
七夕
cat1 zik6 = double seven festival or girls' festival, evening of lunar 7th July
朝夕相對
ziu1 zik6 soeng1 deoi3 = to live or face each other day and night |
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Decimal representation of this word: 夕
Unicode code for this character: U+5915 (off-site link)
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/838/]夕[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/838/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">夕</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 夕
Unicode code for this character: U+5915 (off-site link)
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