晟
shèngchéng

clear

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

Components

日
日 Meaning component
rì sun
成
成 Sound component
chéng, cheng completed

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangdjeŋs

說文解字

明也。从日成聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)