mèi

dusk

Evolution

沬 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
沬 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
沬 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
Definitions

 

mèi

dusk; Mei river; Zhou dynasty place-name; (Cant.) to go underwater, to dive; dawn; place name

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+6CAC

Shuowen

“沬,洒面也。从水,未聲。湏,古文沬从頁。”


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