Come learn 3000+ Chinese characters with HanziHero!

HSK
7-9

the past

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

xi1

Meaning


Primary

the past

Alternatives

past

Mnemonic


[xi-] Xena is in [1] front of the [-_] house on the lawn, standing on the living room carpet. The 日 sun shines onto her trusty sword which is on the grass. She takes it and jams it into the turf and kneels. Suddenly she is transported to 昔 the past, a time before this house or turf ever existed.

Same Pronunciation