Radical 02 夕Xī, sunset

 

Radical 02-1 夕Xī, sunset


" Look! The Sun is going down below the horizon. It's the time of the sunset ... the Sun is covered by mountains, it's time for coming home and rest ! "

 

Immagine originates from

http://chinese-linguipedia.org/clk/index.php 

                        
In the original form of the character夕Xī  we can see the Sun, hidden partially by mountain, the pictogram is representing clearly the Sun in half. Along with the character Yang becomes夕陽 Xīyán "sunset" is also used in the sense of evening:1.朝夕 Zhāoxì “morning e evening” , 2.前夕Qiánxī “the evening before ”

 

 

Derivation 1. 汐Xì, tides

 

“ Watch out ! It's the time that the sea rises ... it's nice to see that Sunset is high in the sky ! “

  

Have you ever been to a beach, and watched as the water, at a certain time rises higher and after some time it goes away leaving the beach?

Every day it repeats this cycle, it never stops. This phenomenon is called潮汐 "tide." 

 

 

The rise and fall of sea levels is caused by the effect of gravity from the Moon and the Sun. The Chinese call tidal changes during the day 潮Cháo,the evening is called 汐Xì and collectively as the 潮汐CháoXì.      http://kidshoubo.jimdo.com/

 

 

 

 

    

    Translated by Neil Berry