曙

shǔ
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(bound form) daybreak, dawn

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

曙 joins 日 the sun with 署 shǔ, an exact sound match. Together they gave the first meaning, 'sunrise; bright, shiny'. From there the meaning settled on daybreak, the dawn.

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Homophones

HSK 6
数shǔ
to count, to enumerate
属shǔ
be born in the year of (one of the twelve animals)
鼠shǔ
mouse, rat
署shǔ
office, bureau, to arrange

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