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pǔ HSK2

universal

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

Components

並
並 Sound component
side by side
Change in sound
日
日 Meaning component
rì sun

Character Evolution

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

Component uses

Sound (0 of 5 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰaːʔ

說文解字

《說文》:“暜,日無色也。从日,从竝。”

Sources

Character origin
zdic
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica