晴

qíng · HSK 2

fine

☀️ 日 (sun) + 青 (blue/clear) = clear sky with sun = fine weather

晴 combines 日 (sun) on the left with 青 (blue/green, also meaning clear) on the right. The sun plus a clear blue sky gives the meaning of fine, sunny weather. 青 also hints at the qīng → qíng sound.

晴 — sun 日 + blue/clear 青
晴 is a semantic-phonetic compound. The left element 日 (sun) gives the meaning — clear, sunny weather — while 青 (qīng) on the right supplies the sound. It originally referred to a sky cleared of rain, and still means 'clear/fine weather' today.

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