Cangjie code for 昔

Cangjie decomposition of 昔: 廿日 (TA)
廿日
TA

Step-by-step breakdown · Cangjie v3 and v5 are the same

廿
日

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Pronunciation & meaning

Pronunciation
Mandarinㄒㄧ xī
Cantonesesik1
Meaning
formerly; ancient; in beginning
Kangxi Radical
日 · 8 strokes

Common words

  • 昔日xī rìformer days; in the past
  • 往昔wǎng xīthe past
  • 昔年xī niánformer years; previous years
  • 今非昔比jīn fēi xī bǐ(idiom) things are very different now; times have changed
  • 今昔jīn xīpast and present; yesterday and today
  • 古昔gǔ xī(literary) ancient times; in olden days
  • 今不如昔jīn bù rú xīthings are not as good as they used to be
  • 奶昔nǎi xīmilkshake (Note: 昔[xi1] is loaned from English "shake" via Cantonese 昔, pr. sik1)

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