evening

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
莫 sound component

  Sound component

  

do not

日 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

sun

Evolution

暮 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
暮 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
暮 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
暮 Clerical script Wu (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Wu (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
暮 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

evening, dusk, sunset; ending; evening; sunset

Most common words with 暮
Freq.
Word
Meaning

evening

朝思暮想

to yearn for sth day and night (idiom)

暮色

twilight

朝三暮四

indecisive

薄暮

dusk