晴朗
qíng lǎng · HSK 5
sunny and cloudless
☀️ 晴 = sun + blue (clear sky) + 朗 = bright moon = clear and bright
晴 combines 日 (sun) with 青 (blue/clear), meaning clear weather. 朗 pairs 良 (good) with 月 (moon), meaning bright. Together 晴朗 describes sunny, cloudless brightness.
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.