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夕阳 (xī yáng): meaning and stroke order

夕阳 (xī yáng) means sunset, the setting sun.

夕阳

Simplified
夕阳
Traditional
夕陽
Pinyin
xī yáng

Stroke order of 夕阳

夕

  • xī (bound form) sunset; dusk; (bound form) evening; night
  • 3 strokes

Stroke by stroke

阳

  • yáng positive (electric.); sun
  • 6 strokes
  • Traditional form: 陽

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 夕阳

  1. xī yáng Traditional 夕陽
    • sunset
    • the setting sun

Radicals of the characters

夕
Radical 夕 (Kangxi radical 36) · 3 strokes · built from 𠂊 and 丶
阳
Radical 阜 (Kangxi radical 170) · 6 strokes · 阝 on the left, 日 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

夕阳 in our stories

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  • 没过多久，雨停了，天晴了，夕阳照在山头，带着一点点凉意。

    méi guò duōjiǔ yǔ tíng le tiān qíng le xīyáng zhào zài shāntóu dài zhe yìdiǎndiǎn liángyì

    Before long the rain stopped and the sky cleared; the setting sun lit the hilltops, bringing a slight chill.

    From the story Neither wind and rain nor sunshine HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 夕阳

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).