夕 · Shi You
夕 (xī, 1st tone). Xu Shen’s Shuowen Jiezi is unusually visual here: 夕，莫也。从月半見 — ‘evening; from a moon half seen.’ 莫 is the original graph of 暮 (dusk), so 夕 is literally the hour when the moon has surfaced but the day has not yet gone. The S $9.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart