昔
former times; the past; Taiwan pr. [xi2]
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,584 U+6614
How 昔 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Twenty 廿 days ago 日
How to remember it
times past · Heisig RSH #971
salad + 日 day
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 昔 as their sound component
These characters all use 昔 (xī) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 昔 sound component | xī | past, former; ancient |
| 借 | jiè | to borrow; to lend; excuse, pretext |
| 猎 | liè | hunting; field sports |
| 蜡 | là | candle, wax; maggot |
| 措 | cuò | to arrange; to execute on; to manage |
| 鹊 | què | magpie; Pica species (various) |
| 耤 | jí | to plow; to rely on |
Words containing 昔
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 修昔底德 | Xiū xī dǐ dé | Thucydides (c. 455–c. 400 BC), Greek historian and author of History of the Peloponnesian … |
| 昔阳县 | Xī yáng Xiàn | Xiyang, a county in Jinzhong City 晉中市|晋中市[Jin4 zhong1 Shi4], Shanxi |
| 今不如昔 | jīn bù rú xī | things are not as good as they used to be |
| 美洛昔康 | měi luò xī kāng | meloxicam (anti-inflammatory drug) |
| 今非昔比 | jīn fēi xī bǐ | (idiom) things are very different now; times have changed |
| 阿昔洛韦 | ā xī luò wéi | aciclovir (also spelled acyclovir), antiviral drug |
| 昔日 | xī rì | former days; in the past |
| 昔阳 | Xī yáng | see 昔陽縣|昔阳县[Xi1 yang2 Xian4] |
| 昔年 | xī nián | former years; previous years |
| 古昔 | gǔ xī | (literary) ancient times; in olden days |
| 果昔 | guǒ xī | (Tw) smoothie |
| 修昔底德陷阱 | Xiū xī dǐ dé xiàn jǐng | Thucydides Trap (theory that war may result when a rising power threatens to displace an e… |
| 奶昔 | nǎi xī | milkshake (Note: 昔[xi1] is loaned from English "shake" via Cantonese 昔, pr. sik1) |
| 宿昔 | sù xī | formerly; in the past |
| 往昔 | wǎng xī | the past |
| 今昔 | jīn xī | past and present; yesterday and today |