晌

shǎng
#2,816 most
frequent character
part of the day, midday

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

晌 has 日 the sun as its meaning part and 向 xiàng as a sound part. It first meant midday, when the sun is high. That grew to mean a part of the day, and then a short time.

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