昳

Mandarin · pinyin dié

Meanings

  1. the declining sun in the west
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昳
dié · the declining sun in the west
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2 · die2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

dit6 · jat6

Cantonese word readings for 昳. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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  1. (literary) the setting sun in the west

character

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 逸 (yì) only used in 昳麗/昳丽 (yìlì, “radiantly beautiful”)

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