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晒 character · TOCFL 2 (est.)
晒 ＝ 日 ＋ 西
ㄕㄞˋ · shài
verb — to dry in the sun; to bask; to expose to sunlight

字源 FORM — what the parts do

日義the sun
西聲xī — gives the sound, worn loosethe west, where the sun sits
IFTxī → shài — the reading shifts far
A sun (日) and 西, the west where it hangs low and strong — to put a thing out under that sun. 西 xī carries the sound, worn far toward shài; this is the everyday graph for the fuller 曬. From the sunning: 晒太陽 to bask, 晒乾 to dry out, 晒黑 to tan.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一排衣服掛在午後的日頭下，曬得發燙。
A row of laundry hangs in the afternoon sun, baking until it's hot to the touch.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)曬、晒乾— to dry in the sun常用
→晒太陽— to bask, sunbathe常用
→晒黑— to tan, get sunburnt
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
曬shàithe full traditional form — 曬 writes the sun 日 with 麗 for the sound, 晒 keeps the sun 日 with the plainer 西