晒照
shài​zhào

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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

照 zhào shine

Phonosemantic compound. 灬 represents the meaning and 昭 represents the sound.

Components

灬
灬 Meaning component
biāo, huǒ fire

灬 is a component form of 火.

昭
昭 SoundMeaning component
zhāo, zhào bright

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
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 Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsyewHtaw-s shine on

說文解字

《說文》：“照，明也。从火，昭聲。”

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)

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)