懂中文 Dong Chinese

旳

bright

Original form of 的. 日 represents the meaning and 勺 represents the sound.

Components
日 meaning component

日  Meaning component

rì

  

sun

勺 sound component

勺  Sound component

sháo

  

spoon

Evolution

旳 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
旳 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
旳 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
旳 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

勺  

sháo

spoon, ladle; unit of volume

勺  

shuò

勺  

zhuó

勺  

dì

勺  

sháo

spoon; ladle; CL:把[bǎ]; abbr. for 公勺[gōng​sháo], centiliter (unit of volume)

日  

rì

sun; day; daytime

日  

Rì

abbr. for 日本[Rì​běn], Japan

日  

rì

sun; day; date, day of the month

旳  

dì