晨光 (chén guāng) — the light of early morning; dawn, daybreak | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

the light of early morningdawndaybreak

Examples

晨光。
Qīng chén de chén guāng tòu guò chuāng hu zhào jìn lái.
The morning dawn light shines through the window.
晨光。
Tā měi tiān zài chén guāng zhōng kāi shǐ pǎo bù.
He starts running every day in the dawn light.
晨光。
chén guāng Yù shì zhe xīn de yì tiān kāi shǐ le.
The dawn heralds the start of a new day.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

晨chénmorning

晨 morning tells what kind of 光 light, giving dawn light.

Characters in this word

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

日辰晨

Meaning part形符xíngfú

日日rìsun

Sound part声符shēngfú

辰

辰chén晨chén

Same sound today

The shape 晨 adds 日 (sun) to 辰, which gives the sound; it was originally written as 辰 alone.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

火火huǒfire
卩卩jiékneeling person

The shape 光 places 火 (fire) above 卩 (a kneeling person), showing fire over the head and the shining of light.

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