暠 gǎo daybreak Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 高 represents the sound. Components 日 日 Meaning component rì sun 高 高 Sound component gāo high Character Evolution Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD Regular Modern ▼ More ▲ Less Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangkaːwʔ Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang Historical images Academia Sinica