旭 (xù) — the rising sun; the light of dawn

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旭 character · TOCFL 6 (est.)

旭＝九＋日

ㄒㄩˋ · xù

noun/adj — the rising sun; the light of dawn

字源 FORM — what the parts do

九聲jiǔ — gives the sound

{j,q,x}IFTjiǔ → xù — the {j,q,x} palatals shift; final and tone move too

日義the sun

The sound 九 (jiǔ, worn to xù) over the sun (日) — the sun just clearing the horizon. 說文 catches the exact moment: 日旦出皃, the look of the sun at daybreak. It lives in 旭日東昇, the morning sun climbing in the east.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

天邊那輪日（日）剛冒出半個頭，光是紅的——旭。

At the horizon the sun (日) has cleared just half its rim, the light still red — 旭.

字源

意 · Meanings

(本義)旭日、朝旭— the rising sun常用

(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension