1. noun evening; night
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 夜晚; for example, 一朝一夕 'one morning and one evening' referring to short period of time (ABC 'xī' 夕 2, p. 1016; Guoyu '夕' n 2; Kroll 2015 '夕' 1, p. 484; NCCED '夕' 1, p. 1719; Unihan '夕')
  2. noun dusk; sunset
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 傍晚 (ABC 'xī' 夕 1, p. 1016; Guoyu '夕' n 1; Kroll 2015 '夕' 1, p. 484; NCCED '夕' 1, p. 1719; Unihan '夕')
  3. noun Kangxi radical 36
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
    Notes: Evening (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7)
  4. noun the final days of the month or year
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '夕' 6, p. 484)
  5. verb to pay respects each evening
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '夕' 3, p. 484)
  6. verb to face towards the west
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '夕' 4, p. 484)
  7. verb towards the side
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '夕' 5, p. 484)

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