sunset; evening


Similar looking characters : dāi (bad)
Made with 3 strokes.
Crescent moon emerging from behind a mountain
Ancient small seal form Small seal

Sounds same

西 (west) ; (to bestow)

Different tone

(to practice) ; (box; bag) ; (to be fond of) ; (to wash) ; (system)

Radical

Index 36 used in: duō (many) ; duō (many) ; jiāng (will) ; luó (gauze) ; míng (name) ; suì (year) ; wài (outside) ; (night)

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stroke order for 夕
Stroke order for character 夕, kindly provided under Wikimedia creative commons license

Proverbs

一朝一夕 yī zhāo yī xī A short space of time. Something transient that will soon pass.

Also

七夕节 Qīxìjié Chinese Valentines Festival