曬

See also: 晒

曬 U+66EC, 曬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-66EC ← 曫 [U+66EB] CJK Unified Ideographs 曭 → [U+66ED]

Translingual

Han character

曬 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+19, 23 strokes, cangjie input 日一一心 (AMMP), four-corner 6701₁, composition ⿰日麗)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 501, character 44
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14266
• Dae Jaweon: page 872, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1542, character 14
• Unihan data for U+66EC

Chinese

trad.		曬/晒*
simp.		晒*
alternative forms		㬠 䵘／𬓸

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (丽) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
灑	*sreːlʔ, *sreːlʔ, *srelʔ, *srels
籭	*sreːl, *srel
躧	*sreːlʔ, *srelʔ
曬	*sreːls, *srels
廲	*reːl
驪	*reːl, *rel
鱺	*reːlʔ
欐	*reːlʔ, *reːls, *srel
丽	*reːls
麗	*reːls, *rel
儷	*reːls
鸝	*rel
酈	*rel, *reːɡ
孋	*rel
矖	*rel, *srelʔ
穲	*rel
邐	*relʔ
彲	*r̥ʰel
釃	*srel, *srelʔ, *sra
襹	*srel, *srels
纚	*srelʔ

Etymology

Compare Proto-Monic *caj (“to spread in the sun to dry”) (Schuessler, 2007).

“(slang) to share; to show”

Derived from Cantonese 曬命／晒命 (saai³ meng⁶), partly influenced by English share. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shài (shai⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saai³
• Jin (Wiktionary): sai³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sài

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sai³

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵so; ⁵sa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shài
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shài
    • Wade–Giles: shai⁴
    • Yale: shài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shay
    • Palladius: шай (šaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saai³
    • Yale: saai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːi̯³³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: sai³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /sai⁴⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sài
    • Tâi-lô: sài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: saix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sai²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sai²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sai¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sai²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sai³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sài
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sai²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵so; ⁵sa
    • MiniDict: so^去; sa^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²so; ²sa
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /so³⁴/, /sa³⁴/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 曬
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʂai⁵¹/
	Harbin	/ʂai⁵³/ /sai⁵³/
	Tianjin	/sai⁵³/
	Jinan	/ʂɛ²¹/
	Qingdao	/ʂɛ⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/ʂai³¹²/
	Xi'an	/sai⁴⁴/
	Xining	/sɛ²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/ʂɛ¹³/
	Lanzhou	/ʂɛ¹³/
	Ürümqi	/sai²¹³/
	Wuhan	/sai³⁵/
	Chengdu	/sai¹³/
	Guiyang	/sai²¹³/
	Kunming	/ʂæ²¹²/
	Nanjing	/ʂae⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/ʂe̞⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/sai⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/sæ³⁵/
	Hohhot	/sɛ⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/so³⁵/ /sa³⁵/
	Suzhou	/so⁵¹³/
	Hangzhou	/se̞⁴⁴⁵/
	Wenzhou	/sa⁴²/
Hui	Shexian	/sa³²⁴/
	Tunxi	/sa⁴²/
Xiang	Changsha	/sai⁵⁵/
	Xiangtan	/sai⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/sai⁴⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/sai⁵³/
	Taoyuan	/sɑi⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/sai³³/
	Nanning	/sai³³/
	Hong Kong	/sai³³/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/saʔ²¹/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/sɑi²¹²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/sai³³/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/sai²¹³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/fak̚²³/ 訓曝

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• Middle Chinese: srjeH, sreaH

Rime
Character	曬	曬
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	生 (21)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	支 (13)	佳 (31)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	所寄切	所賣切
Baxter	srjeH	sreaH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃˠiᴇH/	/ʃˠɛH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃᵚiɛH/	/ʃᵚæH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃiɛH/	/ʃæiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂjiə̆H/	/ʂaɨjH/
Li Rong	/ʃjeH/	/ʃɛH/
Wang Li	/ʃǐeH/	/ʃaiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʂie̯H/	/ʂaiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shì	shài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si3	saai3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*sre-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sreːls/, /*srels/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	曬
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	sǎ
Middle Chinese	‹ srɛH ›
Old Chinese	/*sre-s/
English	to sun (Hàn time)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	曬	曬
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	7908	7937
Phonetic component	丽	丽
Rime group	歌	歌
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	曬	屣
Old Chinese	/*sreːls/	/*srels/

Definitions

曬

1. (of the sun) to shine on
2. to sun; to expose or dry in the sun

   曬衣服／晒衣服  ―  shài yīfu  ―  to dry clothes in the sun

3. with strong sunshine; glaring; glaringly hot

   外面很曬。／外面很晒。  ―  Wàimiàn hěn shài.  ―  It's very glaring outside.

4. (Cantonese, photography) to print photos
5. (neologism, slang) to display publicly to show off; to share (in order to fish for compliments)

Synonyms

• (to sun):

Dialectal synonyms of 曬 (“to sun; to expose in the sun”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		曬
Mandarin	Beijing	曬
	Taiwan	曬
	Jinan	曬
	Xi'an	曬
	Wuhan	曬
	Chengdu	曬
	Yangzhou	曬
	Hefei	曬
	Malaysia	曬
	Singapore	曬
Cantonese	Guangzhou	曬
	Hong Kong	曬
	Yangjiang	曬
	Singapore (Guangfu)	曬
Gan	Nanchang	曬
Hakka	Meixian	曬
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	曬
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	曬
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	曬
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	曬
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	炙
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	炙
Jin	Taiyuan	曬
Northern Min	Jian'ou	曝
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	曝
Southern Min	Xiamen	曝
	Quanzhou	曝
	Zhangzhou	曝
	Tainan	曝
	Penang (Hokkien)	曝
	Singapore (Hokkien)	曝
	Manila (Hokkien)	曝
	Chaozhou	曝
	Jieyang	曝
Wu	Suzhou	曬
	Wenzhou	曬
Xiang	Changsha	曬
	Shuangfeng	曬

• (to print): 沖曬／冲晒 (chōngshài)

Compounds

• 曝曬／曝晒 (pùshài)
• 曬乾／晒干 (shàigān)
• 曬傷／晒伤 (shàishāng)
• 曬命／晒命
• 曬圖／晒图
• 曬場／晒场
• 曬太陽／晒太阳 (shài tàiyáng)
• 曬暖／晒暖 (shàinuǎn)
• 曬煙／晒烟
• 曬熟／晒熟
• 曬種／晒种
• 曬臺／晒台 (shàitái)
• 曬證／晒证
• 曬黑／晒黑 (shàihēi)
• 沖曬／冲晒 (chōngshài)

 

References

• “曬”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

曬

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. dry in sun
2. expose to sun

Readings

• Go-on: せ (se)
• Kan-on: さい (sai)
• Kun: さらす (sarasu); さらし (sarashi)

Korean

Hanja

曬 (eum 쇄 (swae))

1. expose to the sun
2. to dry
3. to bask

Vietnamese

Han character

曬: Hán Nôm readings: sái

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