huī sunshine Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
sun
Sound component
jūn army

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

yìng reflect, to project

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
sun
Sound component
yāng beg

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangqaːŋʔ
qraŋs
Unicodeqiæ̀ng

說文解字

《說文新附》:“映,明也,隱也。从日,央聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

sunshine Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
sun
Sound component
jūn army

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartxjwɨjqʷʰərbrilliant
Zhengzhangqʰul
Unicodexiuəi

說文解字

光也。从日軍聲。

Sources

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