The Chinese Radical: 朝


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Meaning
the morning    朝

Explanation sunrise with the sun

Used in these characters:
HSK 5
government, morning, audience, pilgrimage
cháo, zhāo
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].  
HSK 5
tide, current, damp, moist
cháo
Left: water 氵, right: dynasty, government 朝 Here: a lake 湖, having the part old: 古 once normal and upside-down to express changing directions
Like a lake 湖 with changing directions are the seawater's tides.  
HSK 6
to sneer, ridicule to mock, twitter
cháo, zhāo
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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