Components
日 sound component

  Sound component

  

sun

土 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

earth

earth

Evolution

圼 Bronze script Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)

Bronze script

Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)
圼 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

soil, earth; items made of earth

 

 

chǎ

 

 

Tu (ethnic group); surname Tu

 

earth; dust; clay; local; indigenous; crude opium; unsophisticated; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[bā​yīn]

 

niè

 

sun; day; daytime

 

abbr. for 日本[Rì​běn], Japan

 

sun; day; date, day of the month

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (0 verified)