晒斑
shài​bān

sunburn spots

晒 shài be in sunshine Simplified

Simplified form of 曬. Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 麗 represents the sound.

Components

日
日 Meaning component
rì sun
西
西 Simplified component
xi, xī west

Shorthand for the phonetic component 麗 in the traditional character 曬.

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

斑 bān mottled

Markings 文 in jade 王

Components

王
王 Meaning component
wáng king
文
文 Meaning component
wén writing
王
王 Meaning component
wáng king

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

癍

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

癍

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartpænpˤranvariegated
Zhengzhangpraːn
Unicodeban

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

曬 be in sunshine Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 麗 represents the sound.

Components

日
日 Meaning component
rì sun
麗
麗 Sound component
lì beautiful
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsreaHsre-s to sun (Hàn time)

說文解字

《說文》：“曬，也。从日，麗聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)