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昃 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「日」

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1University / general (hardest) ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「日」
On
ショク・ソクしょく・そく · shoku · soku
Kun
かたむ.くkatamu.ku
Meaning
the sun declining

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Sun 日 with 仄 as phonetic: for the sun to slant westward.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 昃くかたむく

    to decline (of the sun)

  • 日昃にっしょく

    the afternoon sun

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

日(ひ)が昃くころに山(やま)を下(お)りた。

We came down the mountain as the sun declined.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

日昃昃日sun旰sunset旱drough…旻the au…昊the va…昴the Pl…仄faint昵intima…寔truly惻compas…廁lavato…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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