昔(xī)

HSK 7-98 strokes

surname Xi

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Character information

Pinyin
xī
Meaning
surname Xi
Strokes
8
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 昔 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱廿日

Twenty 廿 days ago 日

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

廿niàn日rì

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write 昔 step by step

8 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 昔

Common words using 昔 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

xī昔rì日
HSK 7-9

former days

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jīn今xī昔

past and present; yesterday and today

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gǔ古xī昔

(literary) ancient times; in olden days

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nǎi奶xī昔

milkshake (Note: 昔[xi1] is loaned from English "shake" via Cantonese 昔, pr.…

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jīn今bù不rú如xī昔

things are not as good as they used to be

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jīn今fēi非xī昔bǐ比

(idiom) things are very different now; times have changed

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wǎng往xī昔

the past

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From 昔’s common words

日今古奶不如非比

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