暠
gǎo

daybreak

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

Components

日
日 Meaning component
rì sun
高
高 Sound component
gāo high

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkaːwʔ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica