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sun rise 
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The sun 日 rises between plants 艹. The very similar radical 莫 stands for sunset. This seems bizarre, can be argued based on the characters for morning 朝 in comparison to evening 暮.
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Used in these characters:
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朝
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| government, morning, audience, pilgrimage
cháo, zhāo
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朝
月
旦
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Left: sunrise  (The sun 日 rises between plants 艹.) [Sunset is: 莫], right: moon 月
At sunrise, when the moon is still there, it is the morning [zhāo] and I make a pilgrimage to the government [cháo].
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嘲
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to sneer, ridicule to mock, twitter
cháo, zhāo
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口
朝
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Left: mouth 口, right: morning, dynasty 朝 (sun 日 rises between plants 艹, moon 月) [Sunset is: 莫]
The mouth that says at sunrise, that it was the moon, is: sneering me.
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翰
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JLPT no HSK |
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| writing brush, writing, pen
hàn
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羽
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Left: 倝 (sunrise = The sun 日 rises between plants 艹) [Sunset is: 莫], right: person 人, feather, wing 羽
At sunrise the person takes the feather as writing brush.
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乾
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JLPT no HSK |
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| warming principle of the sun, trad. form of dry 干
gān, qián
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乞
乙
旦
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Left: 倝 sunrise (sun 日 rises between plants 艹) [sunset is: 莫], right: to beg 乞 (There lies  a disadvantaged person (= from the second 乙 class of the society): a beggar.)
At sunrise, the horizontal person feels at second position the warming sun.
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韩
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JLPT no HSK |
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| Korea, esp. South Korea 大韩民国
hán
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早
韦
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Left: sunrise (sun 日 rises between plants 艹, here: east of the center [= China], because sun rises eastern), right: leather 韦(Two layers 二 are separated with special sword 刀 to make leather)
Eastern (of the center) where they make leather, is Korea.
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瀚
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JLPT no HSK |
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| ocean, vastness
hàn
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氵
羽
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Left: water 氵, right: writing brush 翰 (At sunrise the person 人 takes the feather 羽 as writing brush) Here: similar to tides: 潮 (Like a lake 湖 with changing directions [once old: 古 and also mirrored] the tides=潮)
The waters of the tides, where the waves 人 are like feathers 羽: on the ocean.
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戟
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JLPT no HSK |
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| halberd, a lance with two points
jǐ
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戈
旦
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Left: sunrise (The sun 日 rises between plants 艹) [sunset is: 莫], right: halberd 戈
Double-sided 十 sharp around the center 日 is this: halberd.
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