暮 = 莫 + 日

暮 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “evening”. It is built from 莫 (do not) and 日 (sun).

Keyword: evening
Pinyin (Mandarin): mù
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: evening, dusk, sunset, вечер, закат, сумерки, dusk, sunset
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 暮 livelihood

Decomposition

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莫 do not
日 sun

How to find 暮 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “do not” + “sun”. 暮 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 暮 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.