晞 (xī): to dry in the sun (classical)

Meanings

1 to dry in the sun (classical)
2 (of dew) to evaporate; daybreak (classical)

Characters

晞

xī

to dry in the sun (classical)

Examples

清晨草上的露水还未晞。

Qīngchén cǎo shàng de lùshuǐ hái wèi xī.

The dew on the morning grass has not yet dried.

Tips

history

晞 is not used in modern Chinese. It is a classical verb 'to dry in the sun', and of dew 'to evaporate at dawn', famous from the 《诗经》 line 白露未晞 ('the white dew has not yet dried'). The sun radical 日 gives the drying-by-sunlight sense; 希 supplies the sound.

register

Archaic and literary. Everyday Chinese says 晒干; 晞 stays in classical poetry and etymology notes.