Read Edit View history Discussion 昃 zè afternoon Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts the sun (日) slanting towards the west casting a tilted shadow of a person. The component depicting the tilted shadow was later replaced by the phonetic component 仄. Pinyin Separate values with commas zè × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 昃 Simp strokes 昃 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Originally depicted a tilted shadow of a person. Later rewritten into phonetic component 仄. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 昃 Simp strokes 昃 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 昃 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 304, 762 ], [ 332, 740 ], [ 342, 719 ], [ 392, 504 ] ], [ [ 360, 759 ], [ 389, 750 ], [ 612, 791 ], [ 651, 789 ], [ 669, 782 ], [ 696, 749 ], [ 645, 583 ], [ 629, 552 ], [ 633, 528 ] ], [ [ 395, 631 ], [ 405, 641 ], [ 518, 666 ], [ 551, 670 ], [ 579, 665 ] ], [ [ 412, 529 ], [ 429, 539 ], [ 536, 561 ], [ 573, 564 ], [ 580, 554 ] ], [ [ 335, 413 ], [ 347, 404 ], [ 421, 405 ], [ 706, 455 ], [ 755, 454 ] ], [ [ 260, 440 ], [ 284, 418 ], [ 296, 391 ], [ 285, 297 ], [ 258, 188 ], [ 227, 119 ], [ 191, 67 ], [ 142, 23 ], [ 91, -3 ] ], [ [ 484, 362 ], [ 521, 326 ], [ 521, 314 ], [ 506, 226 ], [ 476, 157 ], [ 424, 96 ], [ 383, 67 ], [ 302, 30 ], [ 259, 21 ] ], [ [ 541, 213 ], [ 541, 199 ], [ 552, 188 ], [ 646, 101 ], [ 718, 45 ], [ 771, 29 ], [ 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763 Q 654 747 651 732 Q 624 608 613 589 Q 607 579 596 574 C 580 561 580 561 591 545 Z", "M 391 623 Q 397 622 409 624 Q 503 643 574 654 Q 599 658 589 672 Q 577 687 551 691 Q 530 694 386 649 C 357 640 361 624 391 623 Z", "M 406 521 Q 416 518 428 521 Q 480 534 591 545 C 621 548 619 555 596 574 Q 592 578 584 582 Q 568 589 540 582 Q 464 563 405 551 C 376 545 377 527 406 521 Z", "M 330 390 Q 363 377 433 385 Q 556 403 688 423 Q 752 435 761 443 Q 771 450 766 460 Q 759 473 731 481 Q 698 488 609 462 Q 459 428 328 421 Q 327 421 327 420 C 297 416 301 399 330 390 Z", "M 327 420 Q 324 424 320 426 Q 275 454 260 453 Q 241 452 254 429 Q 278 371 241 215 Q 229 172 203 123 Q 176 72 103 14 Q 87 4 83 -3 Q 82 -10 93 -11 Q 129 -14 192 40 Q 271 109 308 280 Q 327 383 330 390 C 336 414 336 414 327 420 Z", "M 534 225 Q 543 256 552 297 Q 556 316 562 326 Q 569 333 563 344 Q 557 351 527 363 Q 493 379 478 374 Q 465 368 476 351 Q 498 293 472 211 Q 433 108 296 45 Q 275 36 250 26 Q 223 16 254 12 Q 347 8 446 80 Q 453 89 462 96 Q 495 129 525 196 L 534 225 Z", "M 525 196 Q 600 103 683 17 Q 707 -8 748 -10 Q 823 -14 901 -1 Q 920 0 922 6 Q 925 13 909 20 Q 735 86 730 88 Q 654 127 536 223 Q 535 224 534 225 C 511 244 506 219 525 196 Z" ] } 8 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.