昃 zè — sun declining west · English

昃

zè

sun declining west

At a glance · 昃

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Evolution of the glyph

Five stages, from a sketch of the real object to regular script — tap a stage, drag the timeline, or play the animation.

Object sketchBefore writing · drawing what was seen
Oracle boneShang dynasty · c. 1300–1046 BCE
Seal scriptQin dynasty · 221–206 BCE
Clerical scriptHan dynasty · 206 BCE–220 CE
Regular scriptWei–Jin to Tang · c. 3rd–9th century CE

Object sketchBefore writing · drawing what was seenOracle boneShang dynasty · c. 1300–1046 BCESeal scriptQin dynasty · 221–206 BCEClerical scriptHan dynasty · 206 BCE–220 CERegular scriptWei–Jin to Tang · c. 3rd–9th century CE

昃字小篆从日仄声，为形声字；本义为太阳偏西。甲骨文未见。

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Shuowen Jiezi

阻力切。日在西方時。側也。从日仄聲。《易》曰：「日𣅛之離。」。%臣鉉等曰：今俗別作𣅔，非是。。

— 《说文解字》

Origins & notes

昃本义为太阳西斜、日暮。

Structure

形声字，左部『日』为意符表太阳，右部『仄』为声符。

At a glance

Pinyinzè

Radical日

Strokes8

UnicodeU+6603

Character type形声

Theme天文

Six languages, one character

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English sun declining west Ze is a phonetic-semantic character meaning the sun sinking toward the west.

Français soleil à l'ouest Ze est un caractère phonético-sémantique signifiant le soleil déclinant vers l'ouest.

Español sol hacia el oeste Ze es un carácter fonosemántico que significa el sol declinando hacia el oeste.

العربية الشمس تميل غرباً تسه حرف صوتي دلالي يعني الشمس مائلة نحو الغرب.

Русский солнце клонится Цзэ — фоносемантический знак, означающий склоняющееся к западу солнце.

Common words

日昃rì zèsun past the meridian

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