防晒
fáng​shài

sun protection

防 fáng defend

Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 方 represents the sound.

Components

阝
阝 Meaning component
fù hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

方
方 Sound component
fāng, fang square

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartbjang[m-p]aŋ dike

說文解字

隄也。从𨸏方聲。

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)

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

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)