晨 (chén) — morning (bound form, used in compound words)
Definition
晨 (chén) is a bound, literary form of 'morning' that only appears in set compounds like 清晨 or 晨光 — you will never say it alone. It sounds more written and elegant than the everyday 早上 or 早晨.
bound form
morning (bound form, used in compound words)
Examples
- 。Wǒ xí guàn měi tiān zǎo chén liù diǎn qǐ chuáng.I'm used to getting up at six in the early morning every day.
- 。Qīng chén de kōng qì fēi cháng xīn xiān.The air in the early morning is very fresh.
- ，。chén Guāng zhào zài hú miàn shàng, měi lì jí le.The morning light shone on the lake, extremely beautiful.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.
The shape 晨 adds 日 (sun) to 辰, which gives the sound; it was originally written as 辰 alone.
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