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汐

xī
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 evening tide
  2. 2 night tide

Examples

潮汐的涨落是月球引力造成的。
Cháoxī de zhǎngluò shì yuèqiú yǐnlì zàochéng de.
The rise and fall of the tides is caused by the moon's gravity.
晚汐缓缓退去。
Wǎn xī huǎnhuǎn tuìqù.
The evening tide slowly receded.

Tips

usage
Almost always in 潮汐 (tides). Strictly, 潮 is the daytime tide and 汐 the evening/night tide; together they mean tides in general.

Components

radical
氵 shuǐ
water
Left 氵 is the water radical 水 in left-side form. It marks 汐 as a water phenomenon — the sea tide.
phonetic
夕 xī
evening; phonetic and semantic
Right 夕 (evening) supplies the sound exactly (xī = xī) and the meaning too: this is the tide that comes at dusk, distinguishing it from the daytime 潮.

Stroke Order

汐 xī