pù​shài

expose to sun

dry in the sun

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
sun
Sound component
bào violent

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartbuwkm-pˤawk expose to the sun

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart

shài be in sunshine Simplified

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

Components

Meaning component
sun
西
西 Simplified component
xi, xī west

Shorthand for the phonetic component in the traditional character .

Sources

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

be in sunshine Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
sun
Sound component
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