This radical was developed from a circle with a central dot as the image of the sun. As you can hardly draw circles or dots with a brush, it became the current rectangular shape.
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Vocabulary
昔日
xī rì
formerly; in olden days
6218
昔阳
Xī yáng
Xiyang county in Jinzhong, Shanxi
6219
阿昔洛韦
ā xī luò wéi
aciclovir (also spelled acyclovir), antiviral drug
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