昔

xī

former times · the past

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

former times

the past

Taiwan pr. xí

xī

surname Xi

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 Chain

recall the past and compare it with the present · reflect on the past in the light of the present抚今追昔fǔ jīn zhuī xī 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

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