落日

Chinese

		to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind	day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
trad. (落日)		落	日
simp. #(落日)		落	日
anagram		日落

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): luòrì

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄖˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lok⁶ jat⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lo̍h-ji̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: luòrì
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄖˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: luòrìh
    • Wade–Giles: lo⁴-jih⁴
    • Yale: lwò-r̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luohryh
    • Palladius: ложи (loži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lok⁶ jat⁶
    • Yale: lohk yaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lok⁹ jat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: log⁶ yed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːk̚² jɐt̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍h-ji̍t
    • Tâi-lô: lo̍h-ji̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loiqjit
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lo(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ d͡zit̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lo(ʔ)²⁴⁻² d͡zit̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lo(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ d͡zit̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lo(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ d͡zit̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ zit̚⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: lak nyit

Rime
Character	落	日
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	鐸 (103)	質 (48)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	盧各切	人質切
Baxter	lak	nyit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɑk̚/	/ȵiɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/lɑk̚/	/ȵit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/lɑk̚/	/ȵʑjet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lak̚/	/ȵit̚/
Li Rong	/lɑk̚/	/ȵiĕt̚/
Wang Li	/lɑk̚/	/ȵʑĭĕt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lɑk̚/	/ȵʑi̯ĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	luò	rì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lok6	jat6

Noun

落日

1. setting sun
2. glow of the setting sun; evening glow

Synonyms

• (setting sun): 夕陽／夕阳 (xīyáng); (literary) 斜陽／斜阳 (xiéyáng), 殘陽／残阳 (cányáng), 夕日 (xīrì); (Hokkien) 西照日
• (glow of the setting sun): 夕照 (xīzhào)

Derived terms

• 落日條款 / 落日条款 (luòrì tiáokuǎn)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
落	日
らく Grade: 3	じつ Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) らくじつ [ràkújítsú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɾa̠kɯ̟ʑit͡sɨ]

Noun

落(らく)日(じつ) • (rakujitsu) ^{←らくじつ (rakuzitu)?}

1. setting sun
2. (figurative) end of a glorious period