shǔ HSK7

bright

Components

Meaning component
sun

sun

Sound component
shǔ public office

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangdjas
Unicodezhiù

說文解字

曉也。从日署聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica