昔 Stroke Order

昔 [xī] Noun 1. Formerly; in the past. Example: 旧者 (those from former times); 往昔 (in past times); 今昔对比 (comparison of past and present). 2. Same as "夕" (evening); night. 昔 [xī] Noun 1. Formerly; in the past. Example: 昔者 (those from former times); 昔人 (people from the past); 往昔 (in past times); 今昔对比 (comparison of past and present). 2. Same as "夕" (evening); night. 1. Original meaning: dried meat. 2. Abbreviated to mean "yesterday"; refers to the past (in contrast with "now"). 3. Yesterday. 4. Dusk; evening. 5. Same as "夕" (evening). 引: 1. "说文": 昔, 干肉也 (In "Shuowen", it says: 昔 means dried meat). 2. Abbreviated to mean "昨" (yesterday) from the past (in contrast with "now"). Example from "周礼": 昔酒; Example from "书": 昔之人无闻知; Example from "诗": 自古在昔. 3. Yesterday. Example from "孟子": 昔者疾, 今日愈, 如之何不吊? (In "Mencius": back then I was ill, today I am better, how can I not mourn?) 4. Dusk. Example from "庄子": 是今日适越而昔至也 (In "Zhuangzi": today's situation also arrived with dusk). 5. Evening. Example from "庄子": 通昔不寐矣 (In "Zhuangzi": cannot sleep through the night). 形 1. Past; former. Example: "昔日" (in days of old). 名 1. Evening. Example from "左传": 为一昔之期 (In "Zuo's Commentary": for a period of a night). 2. Surname. Example: there were people named 昔 in the Han dynasty. 形 1. Rough. Example from "周礼": 老牛之角紾而昔 (In "Zhou Li": the old cow's horn twisted and became rough).