昔

xī · cuò

surname Xi

Radical: 日 Strokes: 8

Structure: Top-bottomFrequency: Less common

Same radical

日明时星景易春暴旧显是智

Same radical

日明时星景易春暴旧显是智普暗昏

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Character Decomposition

昔=廿+日

Etymology

Twenty 廿 days ago 日

Meanings

surname Xi

Xī

former times

the past

Taiwan pr.

xī

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Words with 昔 54 total

(literary) ancient times · in olden days古昔gǔ xī past and present · yesterday and today今昔jīn xī former years · previous years昔年xī nián former days · in the past昔日xī rì formerly · in the past宿昔sù xī

Idioms with 昔 12 total

things are not as good as they used to be今不如昔jīn bù rú xī (idiom) things are very different now; times have changed今非昔比jīn fēi xī bǐ