Memory phrase for the character: 旦

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dàn

Above: sun 日, below: horizontal line 一 for horizon [Sunset is: 莫]

When the sun appears above the horizon it's dawn.

日	sun, day	This radical was developed from a circle with a central dot as the image of the sun. As you can hardly draw circles or dots with a brush, it became the current rectangular shape.
旦	sun rise	The sun 日 above the horizon 一 at sunrise.
莫	negative, sunset	The plants 艹 are made by the sun 日 to be large 大 [= as long shadows] at sunset. - The very similar radical stands for sunrise. This seems bizarre, but can be argued based on the characters for morning 朝 in comparison to evening 暮.

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一旦	yī dàn	in case (sth happens); if; once (sth happens, then...); when; in a short time; in one day
通宵达旦	tōng xiāo dá dàn	overnight until daybreak (idiom); all night long; day and night
通宵达旦	tōng xiāo dá dàn

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