日落 (rì luò) — sunset | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

sunset

Examples

日落。
Wǒ men pá dào shān dǐng kàn rì luò.
We climbed to the top of the mountain to watch the sunset.
日落，。
rì luò Shí fēn, tiān kōng rǎn chéng le chéng hóng sè.
At sunset, the sky turned orange-red.
日落。
Tā xǐ huan zài hǎi biān pāi shè rì luò de zhào piàn.
He likes taking photos of the sunset by the seaside.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

主谓zhǔwèiSubject + predicate

A small sentence frozen into a word: something, and what it does or is.

日 contributes sun and 落 set, together giving sunset.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

日 originally drew the sun. A mark was added inside to tell it apart from similar square shapes.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

艹洛落

Meaning part形符xíngfú

艹Written in full as艸cǎo

Sound part声符shēngfú

洛

洛luò落luò

Same sound today

落 pairs 艹 with 洛; 洛 gives the sound, and 艹 relates to the meaning.

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