汐

xī
夕 + 氵

Definitions

xī night tides; evening ebbtide; Taiwan pr. [xì]

Etymology

The evening 夕 tide 氵; 夕 also provides the pronunciation

About

汐 is a phono-semantic character: the water radical 氵 gives it the meaning of tides, and the component 夕 (evening) serves as both a semantic clue to the timing and a phonetic indicator. In traditional Chinese coastal geography, tides were conceptually divided into 潮, the morning tide, and 汐, the evening tide, a distinction rooted in the lunar cycle and the visible rise and fall of the sea at the end of the day. The character thus neatly ties the ocean's motion to the time of sunset, serving as a precise temporal marker for a natural aquatic occurrence.

Example Sentences Hide

海边的潮汐很美。

Hǎibiān de cháoxī hěn měi.

The tide at the seaside is beautiful.

今天的潮汐很大。

Jīntiān de cháoxī hěn dà.

Today's tide is very high.

我们观察了潮汐的变化。

Wǒmen guānchá le cháoxī de biànhuà.

We observed the changes in the tide.

潮汐的规律很有趣。

Cháoxī de guīlǜ hěn yǒuqù.

The pattern of the tide is very interesting.

渔民根据潮汐出海打鱼。

Yúmín gēnjù cháoxī chūhǎi dǎyú.

Fishermen go out to sea to fish based on the tide.

了解潮汐对航海非常重要。

Liǎojiě cháoxī duì hánghǎi fēicháng zhòngyào.

Understanding tides is very important for navigation.

夜晚的汐声轻轻拍岸。

Yèwǎn de xī shēng qīngqīng pāi àn.

The sound of the night tide gently laps the shore.

科学家研究潮汐与月球引力的关系。

Kēxuéjiā yánjiū cháoxī yǔ yuèqiú yǐnlì de guānxì.

Scientists study the relationship between tides and lunar gravity.

Related Characters

Component: 夕

多 外 名 罗 岁 梦 奖 浆 歹 桨 酱 飧 舛 夤

Component: 氵

法 没 海 活 治 清 济 流 深 满 消 注 派 河

Example Words

潮汐