Mnemonic comic for 昔

Translation

xī = xi + Ø1: former times / the past / Taiwan pr. [xi2]

Mnemonic

Mnemonic symbol: From 奶昔, milkshake

In former times (昔), at the end of the day the sun (日) used to go down in a well (井) in front of the space station (Ø1). Xi Shi (xi) made the sun go out by pouring a milk shake (mnemonic symbol for 昔) over it.

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The ancient Chinese painting style conveys the "former times" aspect of the character.

Matthias, over 1 year ago

昔 character breakdown

昔
- 井
  - 二
    - 一
  - 丿
  - 丨
- 日
  - 囗
  - 一

Component Translations

井

jǐng = ji + (e)ng3

a well / CL:口[kou3] / neat / orderly

日

rì = r + Ø4

abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3], Japan

日

rì = r + Ø4

sun / day / date, day of the month

Characters with 昔 as component

腊借蜡措惜错醋猎耤錯厝鹊鵲剒唶庴斮棤焟矠碏踖齰

腊

xī = xi + Ø1

dried meat / also pr. [xi2]

腊

臈

là = l + a4

old variant of 臘|腊[la4] / 12th lunar month

腊

臘

là = l + a4

12th lunar month / preserved (meat, fish etc)

Words with 昔

昔日往昔今非昔比今昔今不如昔修昔底德修昔底德陷阱古昔奶昔宿昔昔年昔阳昔阳县昔陽昔陽縣美洛昔康阿昔洛韋阿昔洛韦

今

jīn

昔

xī

past and present / yesterday and today

今

jīn

不

bù

如

rú

昔

xī

things are not as good as they used to be

修

xiū

昔

xī

底

dǐ

德

dé

Thucydides (c. 455 - c. 400 BC), Greek historian, author of the History of the Peloponnesian War

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