晚

wǎn

evening

night; late

Sun (日) + escape (免) = the sun slipping away into evening

When the sun (日) finally escapes (免) from the sky, day gives way to evening. 免 here likely plays a phonetic role, but the image of the sun slipping away maps naturally onto dusk.

日+免→晚
免To escapePhonetic, Semantic
日The sunSemantic

我每天晚上都会看一会儿书。

wǒ měi tiān wǎn shang dōu huì kàn yī huìr shū。

I read for a while every evening.

你来得太晚了,会议已经结束了。

nǐ lái de tài wǎn le,huì yì yǐ jīng jié shù le。

You came too late; the meeting has already ended.

Words with 晚

一天到晚

yī tiān dào wǎn

all day long; the whole day

晚上

wǎn shang

evening

法制晚报

fǎ zhì wǎn bào

Legal Evening News, a Beijing-based legal affairs newspaper launched in 2004 and shut down in 2019

晚清

wǎn qīng

the late Qing

春晚

chūn wǎn

abbr. for 春節聯歡晚會|春节联欢晚会[Chun1 jie2 Lian2 huan1 Wan3 hui4]

大器晚成

dà qì wǎn chéng

lit. it takes a long time to make a big pot (idiom); fig. a great talent matures slowly

这早晚儿

zhè zǎo wǎn r

now

丑媳妇早晚也得见公婆

chǒu xí fù zǎo wǎn yě děi jiàn gōng pó

lit. the ugly daughter-in-law must sooner or later meet her parents-in-law (idiom)

头晚

tóu wǎn

previous night

今晚

jīn wǎn

tonight

傍晚

bàng wǎn

in the evening

北京晚报

běi jīng wǎn bào

Beijing Evening News

More characters with 日

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