twilight, dusky

is composed of (the picture of a bowing down man) and (sun). shares the same origin with (low), so was used to describe something in a lower position in the past, the sun goes down so low that is close to the horizon, it is dusk.

Vocabulary of 昏

  • 黃昏 (dusk)
  • 昏暗 (dusky)
  • 昏庸 (fatuity)

Classification

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