gǎohào

daybreak

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
日 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

sun

高 sound component

  Sound component

gāo

  

high

Evolution

暠 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
暠 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

gǎo

daybreak; bright and brilliant; bright; white

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hào

variant of [hào]