A river (江) is water flowing powerfully like a laborer working tirelessly without pause.
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江河日下
江河日下
rivers pour away by the day (idiom); going from bad to worse
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
rivers pour away by the day (idiom); going from bad to worse
- 。
His health condition is deteriorating rapidly.
- 貳形adjective
deteriorating day by day
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 氵(water; liquid)RADICAL
- 可(can; allow)PHONO-SEMANTIC
A river is where water flows long, and the sound 'hà' suggests 'khả,' evoking nature's permission for water to flow.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 日(sun (pictograph))ASSOCIATIVE
The character 日 is drawn as a round sun with light rays inside.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 一(horizontal line; boundary)RADICAL
- 卜(stroke descending downward)ASSOCIATIVE
A vertical stroke pointing downward across a boundary line marks 'below'.
江河日下
Traditional江
rivers pour away by the day (idiom); going from bad to worse
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
rivers pour away by the day (idiom); going from bad to worse
- 。
His health condition is deteriorating rapidly.
- 貳形adjective
deteriorating day by day
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 氵(water; liquid)RADICAL
- 可(can; allow)PHONO-SEMANTIC
A river is where water flows long, and the sound 'hà' suggests 'khả,' evoking nature's permission for water to flow.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 日(sun (pictograph))ASSOCIATIVE
The character 日 is drawn as a round sun with light rays inside.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 一(horizontal line; boundary)RADICAL
- 卜(stroke descending downward)ASSOCIATIVE
A vertical stroke pointing downward across a boundary line marks 'below'.
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