日照 (rì zhào) — sunshine; sunlight; Rizhao (a city in Shandong) | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

Literally 'sun-shine', the light and warmth that comes from the sun. As a proper noun it names a port city in Shandong Province.

noun

sunshinesunlightRizhao (a city in Shandong)

Examples

日照，。
Jīn tiān de rì zhào hěn hǎo, shì hé qù hǎi biān.
Today's sunshine is great, suitable for going to the beach.
日照。
rì zhào Shì shān dōng shěng de yí gè zhòng yào gǎng kǒu chéng shì.
Rizhao is an important port city in Shandong Province.
日照。
Zhè zhǒng zhí wù xū yào chōng zú de rì zhào.
This kind of plant needs ample sunshine.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

主谓zhǔwèiSubject + predicate

A small sentence frozen into a word: something, and what it does or is.

日 is the sun and 照 means shine, so 日照 describes sunlight.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

日 originally drew the sun. A mark was added inside to tell it apart from similar square shapes.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

灬昭照

Meaning part形符xíngfú

灬Written in full as火huǒfire

Sound part声符shēngfú

昭

昭zhāo照zhào

Same sound today

照 uses 灬, a bottom form of 火 (fire), plus 昭 for the sound.

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