夕陽

See also: 夕阳

Chinese

dusk; evening positive (electric.); sun; male
trad. (夕陽) 夕 陽
simp. (夕阳) 夕 阳

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 夕 陽
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 邪 (17) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 清 (123) 陽 (105)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 祥易切 與章切
Baxter zjiek yang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ziᴇk̚/ /jɨɐŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ziɛk̚/ /jiɐŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ziæk̚/ /iɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ziajk̚/ /jɨaŋ/
Li
Rong
/ziɛk̚/ /iaŋ/
Wang
Li
/zĭɛk̚/ /jĭaŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/zi̯ɛk̚/ /i̯aŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xí yáng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zik6 joeng4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 夕 陽
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
xī yáng
Middle
Chinese
‹ zjek › ‹ yang ›
Old
Chinese
/*s-ɢAk/ /*laŋ/
English evening, night bright

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 夕 陽
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 13227 14590
Phonetic
component
夕 昜
Rime
group
鐸 陽
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
席 陽
Old
Chinese
/*ljaːɡ/ /*laŋ/

Noun

夕陽

  1. setting sun; sunset
  2. (figurative) old age
  3. (Classical Chinese, by extension) western side of a mountain or hill (the side that faces the setting sun)

Synonyms

Derived terms

Adjective

夕陽

  1. (attributive) declining; waning

Japanese

Kanji in this term
夕 陽
ゆう
Grade: 1
ひ
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

Noun

夕(ゆう)陽(ひ) • (yūhi) 

  1. the setting sun

References

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