旭
xù HSK7

rising sun

Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 九 represents the sound.

Components

日
日 Meaning component
rì sun
九
九 Sound component
jiǔ nine

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqʰʷoɡ

說文解字

《說文》：“旭，日旦出皃。从日，九聲。若勖。一曰明也。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)