Read Edit View history Discussion 夕 xī HSK5 evening Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of the moon. Used to express "evening" or "night". Pinyin Separate values with commas xī × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components No items. + Add component Stroke Data 夕 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 494, 806 ], [ 525, 760 ], [ 462, 626 ], [ 421, 566 ], [ 354, 492 ], [ 251, 411 ] ], [ [ 449, 559 ], [ 479, 568 ], [ 540, 574 ], [ 676, 608 ], [ 704, 603 ], [ 722, 584 ], [ 684, 485 ], [ 635, 381 ], [ 583, 296 ], [ 520, 214 ], [ 461, 151 ], [ 352, 64 ], [ 268, 16 ], [ 206, -5 ] ], [ [ 365, 464 ], [ 374, 465 ], [ 453, 408 ], [ 474, 384 ], [ 491, 344 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 371 481 Q 410 518 443 557 L 463 584 Q 479 606 494 630 Q 534 697 573 751 Q 586 764 569 783 Q 523 822 492 820 Q 479 819 481 801 Q 490 657 322 489 Q 283 459 242 414 Q 232 396 249 401 Q 282 407 355 467 L 371 481 Z", "M 443 557 Q 500 532 631 578 Q 658 588 669 581 Q 678 575 656 510 Q 605 333 438 167 Q 320 62 207 3 Q 197 -3 198 -8 Q 199 -14 208 -13 Q 340 -7 516 168 Q 550 207 586 253 Q 659 353 732 511 Q 751 545 780 567 Q 798 577 797 587 Q 797 603 762 621 Q 720 646 703 646 Q 690 645 677 635 Q 548 592 471 585 Q 467 585 463 584 C 433 580 414 564 443 557 Z", "M 355 467 Q 358 460 364 454 Q 407 412 460 350 Q 475 331 489 327 Q 498 326 505 334 Q 517 347 506 388 Q 499 427 432 457 Q 393 473 371 481 C 343 491 342 492 355 467 Z" ] } 3 strokes 夕 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 494, 806 ], [ 525, 760 ], [ 462, 626 ], [ 421, 566 ], [ 354, 492 ], [ 251, 411 ] ], [ [ 449, 559 ], [ 479, 568 ], [ 540, 574 ], [ 676, 608 ], [ 704, 603 ], [ 722, 584 ], [ 684, 485 ], [ 635, 381 ], [ 583, 296 ], [ 520, 214 ], [ 461, 151 ], [ 352, 64 ], [ 268, 16 ], [ 206, -5 ] ], [ [ 365, 464 ], [ 374, 465 ], [ 453, 408 ], [ 474, 384 ], [ 491, 344 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 371 481 Q 410 518 443 557 L 463 584 Q 479 606 494 630 Q 534 697 573 751 Q 586 764 569 783 Q 523 822 492 820 Q 479 819 481 801 Q 490 657 322 489 Q 283 459 242 414 Q 232 396 249 401 Q 282 407 355 467 L 371 481 Z", "M 443 557 Q 500 532 631 578 Q 658 588 669 581 Q 678 575 656 510 Q 605 333 438 167 Q 320 62 207 3 Q 197 -3 198 -8 Q 199 -14 208 -13 Q 340 -7 516 168 Q 550 207 586 253 Q 659 353 732 511 Q 751 545 780 567 Q 798 577 797 587 Q 797 603 762 621 Q 720 646 703 646 Q 690 645 677 635 Q 548 592 471 585 Q 467 585 463 584 C 433 580 414 564 443 557 Z", "M 355 467 Q 358 460 364 454 Q 407 412 460 350 Q 475 331 489 327 Q 498 326 505 334 Q 517 347 506 388 Q 499 427 432 457 Q 393 473 371 481 C 343 491 342 492 355 467 Z" ] } 3 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.