gàn
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 the radiance of the rising sun; dawn (archaic)

Examples

Tā zài yánjiū Cháoxiǎn bàndǎo de lìshǐ.
He is studying the history of the Korea peninsula.

Tips

history
('sunrise glow') is archaic and not used independently in modern Chinese. It is the 'sun rising through reeds' element behind (morning / dynasty), (the surname / Korea), (writing brush / literary), and (to turn / mediate).

Components

semantic
gàn
sun rising in the reeds
The left block pictures the sun caught among reeds or banners at daybreak, the core 'dawn radiance' image of .
semantic
rén
person; standing figure
The 'person' on the right stands watching the sunrise, completing the dawn scene in .

Stroke Order

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