Evening Radical (夕) — Characters, Meaning and Practice Worksheet
夕 is the evening radical. It appears in 10 of the most common Chinese characters — these 10 are the ones worth learning first, and the worksheet below gives every one of them a pinyin header, a stroke-by-stroke model and blank Tianzige grids to copy into.
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What does 夕 mean?
Evening radical · 夕 xī · 3 strokes · evening; sunset
It usually appears on the left, or at the top. The Origin column below shows what each character's parts do — many take their meaning from the radical, some take their sound from the other half.
Shapes: 夕
夕 itself: A crescent moon
10 common characters with 夕
Ranked by how often they appear in real written Chinese. Every character links to its own page with a stroke-order animation and example words.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 多 | duō | many, much, plentiful | Two nights 夕, suggesting many |
| 外 | wài | outside | Night-time 夕 divinations 卜; the supernatural, the foreign |
| 名 | míng | [measure word for persons in general] | A name called out 口 to hail someone at night 夕 |
| 将 | jiāng | [indicating a future happening] will, be going to | Going to bed 丬 at night 夕, a predictable future |
| 岁 | suì | year (of age) | |
| 夜 | yè | night | A person 亻 sneaking by under cover 亠 of night 夕 |
| 梦 | mèng | dream | Two eyes shut 林 at night 夕 |
| 奖 | jiǎng | prize, award | 丬 supplies the sound |
| 罗 | luó | gauze; to collect; to gather; to catch; to sift | meaning from 罒 (net) |
| 酱 | jiàng | thick paste of fermented soybean; marinated in soy paste; paste; jam | 丬 supplies the sound |
Related Radicals
- 土Earth radical · tǔ59 common characters · earth, soil
- 士Scholar radical · shì8 common characters · scholar
- 夂Follow radical · zhǐ11 common characters · to follow; to go slowly
- 大Big radical · dà24 common characters · big, large
- 女Woman radical · nǚ33 common characters · woman, female
- 子Child radical · zǐ14 common characters · child; seed
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