晚 wǎn evening
Made up of [日 rì sun; day radical 72, 免 miǎn to escape; to exempt; to remove or dismiss from office ]Made with 11 strokes.
The sun gives idea of setting sun in evening, 'mian' was originally the phonetic
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Also uses 日 rì component: 白 bái (bright) 曾 céng (once) 昌 chāng (prosperous) 春 chūn (spring) 旦 dàn (dawn) 婚 hūn (to marry) 间 jiàn (gap) 间 jiān (between) 景 jǐng (bright) 旧 jiù (old) 明 míng (bright) 莫 mò (do not) 普 pǔ (general) 晴 qíng (clear sky) 是 shì (is) 时 shí (time) 暑 shǔ (heat) 香 xiāng (fragrant) 星 xīng (star) 阳 yáng (yang) 易 yì (easy) 音 yīn (sound) 影 yǐng (picture) 早 zǎo (early) 照 zhào (according to) 者 zhě (in process of) 桌 zhuō (table) 最 zuì (most) 昨 zuó (previous)
Different tone
碗 wān (bowl) 玩 wán (toy) 万 wàn (ten thousand)Pronunciation
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