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汐

xī
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 evening tide
  2. 2 night tide

Examples

HSK 5
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.
HSK 7-9
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