曏

Information about character(s)

Radical: 日
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 13
Total Strokes: 15
Simplified Form: 向

Pronunciation

Pinyin: xiàng, shǎng
Cantonese: hoeng3
JapaneseKun: SAKINI
JapaneseOn: KYOU KOU SHOU

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: once upon time; period of time

CE-Dict: variant of 向, direction/orientation/to face/to turn toward/to/towards/shortly before/formerly/to side with/to be partial to/all along (previously)

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《日部》曏不久也。从日鄉聲。《春秋傳》曰：“曏役之三月。”

康熙字典文字版 【辰集上】【日字部】曏
【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤許兩切，音響。【說文】不久也。《春秋傳》曰：曏役之三月。【玉篇】少時也。　又【廣韻】書兩切【集韻】始兩切，𠀤音賞。又【廣韻】【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤許亮切，音向。義𠀤同。　又【儀禮·鄕射禮註】立曏所酬。○按與向同。　又【莊子·秋水篇】證曏今古。【郭註】曏，明也。【釋文】崔云：曏，往也。

Han-De-Dict: ehedem, ehem. : ehemals (u.E.)