TSUMUGU · C1 (est.) · 字
昔
ㄒㄧ · xī
noun — former times, the past
字源 FORM — what the parts do
昔形rendered bare — layered waves over the sun
Wavy layers stacked over the sun (日) — the old graph draws floodwaters of past days, or strips of meat laid out to dry in the sun. Either way it fixes on days gone by: 昔日、往昔.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
太陽（日）上頭壓著一層層舊浪痕——那是很久以前的日子了。
Old wave-marks stack above the sun (日) — those are the days long gone.
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意 · Meanings
(本義)昔日、往昔— former times, the past常用
→昔年— years past
⇒今非昔比— not as it once was
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension