旳 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

dì

bright

Original form of 的. 日 represents the meaning and 勺 represents the sound.

Components

日 Meaning component

rì sun

勺 Sound component

sháo, shuò, zhuó spoon

Change in sound

旳 and 勺 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

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《說文》：“旳，明也。从日，勺聲。《易》曰：‘為的顙。’”