見晴らし

みはらし · miharashi · JLPT N1 · noun

position

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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