日出 (rì chū) — sunrise | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

sunrise

Examples

日出。
Wǒ men míng tiān yì qǐ qù kàn rì chū.
We'll go watch the sunrise together tomorrow.
日出。
rì chū De shí jiān shì zǎo shàng liù diǎn.
The time of sunrise is 6 AM.
日出。
Hǎi biān de rì chū tè bié měi.
The sunrise by the sea is especially beautiful.

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 出 is rising, so the sun comes up.

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.

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

止止zhǐfoot
凵凵kǎncave

出 combines 止 (foot) and 凵 (cave) to show a foot stepping out of a cave.

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