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Meaning
sun rise   

Explanation The sun rises between plants . The very similar radical stands for sunset. This seems bizarre, can be argued based on the characters for morning in comparison to evening 暮.

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 5
government, morning, audience, pilgrimage
cháo, zhāo
Left: sunrise (The sun rises between plants .) [Sunset is: ], right: moon
At sunrise, when the moon is still there, it is the morning [zhāo] and I make a pilgrimage to the government [cháo].
JLPT HSK 6
to sneer, ridicule to mock, twitter
cháo, zhāo
Left: mouth , right: morning, dynasty (sun rises between plants , moon ) [Sunset is: ]
The mouth that says at sunrise, that it was the moon, is: sneering me.
JLPT no HSK
writing brush, writing, pen
hàn
Left: 倝 (sunrise = The sun rises between plants ) [Sunset is: ], right: person , feather, wing
At sunrise the person takes the feather as writing brush.
JLPT no HSK
warming principle of the sun, trad. form of dry 干
gān, qián
Left: 倝 sunrise (sun rises between plants ) [sunset is: ], right: horizontal person , 2nd (two written quickly without lifting the pen)
At sunrise, the horizontal person feels at second position the warming sun.
JLPT no HSK
Korea, esp. South Korea 大韩民国
hán
Left: sunrise (sun rises between plants , here: east of the center [= China], because sun rises eastern), right: leather (Two layers are separated with special sword to make leather)
Eastern (of the center) where they make leather, is Korea.
JLPT no HSK
ocean, vastness
hàn
Left: water , right: writing brush 翰 (At sunrise the person takes the feather as writing brush) Here: similar to tides: 潮 (Like a lake 湖 with changing directions [once old: and also mirrored] the tides=潮)
The waters of the tides, where the waves are like feathers : on the ocean.
JLPT no HSK
halberd, a lance with two points

Left: sunrise (The sun rises between plants ) [sunset is: ], right: halberd
Double-sided sharp around the center is this: halberd.

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