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暮

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evening; sunset

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Strokes
14
Radical
日 +11
Structure
Top–bottom 上下
Traditional
暮
Common rank
#2,383
Unicode
U+66AE

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Formation & memory

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How 暮 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

日 meaning “sun” + 莫 sound ( mò )

Components 莫 日

How to remember it

sunset · Heisig RSH #1585

graveyard + sun

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 暮

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
朝生暮死 zhāo shēng mù sǐ lit. born in the morning and dying at dusk (idiom); fig. ephemeral; transient
朝三暮四 zhāo sān mù sì lit. say three in the morning but four in the evening (idiom); to change sth that is alrea…
朝思暮想 zhāo sī mù xiǎng to yearn for sth day and night (idiom)
垂暮之年 chuí mù zhī nián old age
日暮途穷 rì mù tú qióng sunset, the end of the road (idiom); in terminal decline; at a dead end
暮气 mù qì evening mist; fig. declining spirits; lethargy
日暮 rì mù sunset
暮色 mù sè twilight
暮年 mù nián one's declining years; one's old age
朝朝暮暮 zhāo zhāo mù mù from dawn to dusk; all the time
朝秦暮楚 zhāo Qín mù Chǔ serve Qin in the morning Chu in the evening (idiom); quick to switch sides
向暮 xiàng mù towards evening
晨钟暮鼓 chén zhōng mù gǔ lit. morning bell, evening drum, symbolizing monastic practice (idiom); fig. encouragement…
暮鼓晨钟 mù gǔ chén zhōng lit. evening drum, morning bell (idiom); fig. Buddhist monastic practice; the passage of t…
暮景 mù jǐng an evening scene; fig. one's old age
暮色苍茫 mù sè cāng máng the hazy dusk of twilight (idiom)
薄暮 bó mù dusk; twilight
暮岁 mù suì the last days of the year; old age
岁暮 suì mù end of the year
迟暮 chí mù (literary) dusk; twilight; (fig.) the twilight of one's life; one's declining years

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 莫 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
莫 sound part mò cannot; do not; is not; negative
模 mó model, pattern, standard; to copy, to imitate
幕 mù curtain, screen, tent; measure word for plays and shows
膜 mó membrane, film; to kneel and worship
摸 mō to caress, to stroke, to gently touch
墓 mù grave, tomb
漠 mò desert; aloof, cool, indifferent
慕 mù to admire, to desire, to long for
募 mù to levy, to raise; to recruit; to summon
蟆 má frog, toad
摹 mó to trace; to imitate, to copy; pattern
谟 mó to scheme, to plan; to practice
馍 mó bread
寞 mò silent, still; lonely, solitary
蓦 mò suddenly, quickly, abruptly
糢 mó rice snacks
镆 mò sword
嫫 mó Huangdi's ugly concubine; ugly woman, nurse
瘼 mò sickness; distress