夕日

Chinese

		dusk; evening	day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
trad. (夕日)		夕	日
simp. ^#(夕日)		夕	日

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xīrì, xìrì

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄖˋ, ㄒㄧˋ ㄖˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zik⁶ jat⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xīrì
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄖˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sirìh
  - Wade–Giles: hsi¹-jih⁴
  - Yale: syī-r̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiryh
  - Palladius: сижи (siži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    夕日
    昔日
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xìrì
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˋ ㄖˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sìrìh
  - Wade–Giles: hsi⁴-jih⁴
  - Yale: syì-r̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shihryh
  - Palladius: сижи (siži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zik⁶ jat⁶
  - Yale: jihk yaht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁹ jat⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: jig⁶ yed⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚² jɐt̚²/

Noun

夕日

(literary) setting sun

Synonyms

夕陽／夕阳 (xīyáng)
落日 (luòrì)
(literary) 斜陽／斜阳 (xiéyáng), 殘陽／残阳 (cányáng)
(Hokkien) 西照日

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
夕	日
ゆう Grade: 1	ひ Grade: 1
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 夕日 – see the following entry.

【ゆうひ】

[noun] the setting sun

[noun] sunset

Alternative spelling
夕陽

(This term, 夕日, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
夕	日
せき Grade: 1	じつ Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せきじつ [sèkíjítsú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [se̞kʲiʑit͡sɨ]

Noun

夕(せき)日(じつ) • (sekijitsu)

setting sun

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“夕日”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN