yáng

rising sun

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Originally written as .

Evolution

暘 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
暘 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
暘 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
Definitions

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yáng

rising sun; sunshine

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Simplified

Unicode

U+6698

Shuowen

“暘,日出也。从日,昜聲。”


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