晨曦 (chén xī) — first rays of the morning sun | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

first rays of the morning sun

Examples

，晨曦。
Zhàn zài shān dǐng, dì yī lǚ chén xī zhào liàng le zhěng gè shì jiè.
Standing on the mountaintop, the first rays of morning sun illuminated the entire world.
晨曦。
Wǒ xǐ huan zài chén xī zhōng yán zhe hú biān màn pǎo.
I like to jog along the lake in the first rays of the morning sun.
晨曦。
Zhè fú huà bǔ zhuō le hǎi biān chén xī de níng jìng zhī měi.
This painting captures the serene beauty of the first morning sunlight at the seaside.

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

曦xīsunlight

晨 means morning and 曦 means sunlight, naming the first light of day.

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.

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

日羲曦

Meaning part形符xíngfú

日日rìsun

Sound part声符shēngfú

羲

羲xī曦xī

Same sound today

曦 combines 日, a sun sign, and 羲, which gives the sound.

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