Read Edit View history 晌 shǎng noon Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 向 represents the sound. Components 日 日 Meaning component rì sun 向 向 Sound component xiàng toward Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhanghljaŋʔ Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang