晕
暈yùn
#2,210 most
frequent character
dizzy, halo, ring around moon or sun
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
晕 shows 日, the sun, with 军 jūn, which is close in sound. The sun part suits the first sense, 'light around sun and moon,' which grew to 'halo.' Read yùn, it also means 'to be dizzy,' borrowed for its sound; read yūn, that same 'dizzy' sense leads to 'faint' and 'giddy.'
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