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sun rise 
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Please be aware that this very similar radical 莫 stands for the sunset. This appears strange, but seems to be fact-based due to: sunset 暮 and morning 朝.
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Used in these characters:
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早
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JLPT 4Joyo 1 |
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| early, fast
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Sunrise 旦 (= The sun 日 above the horizon 一) with a marking 丶
When the (rising) sun is at the marked spot 丶 at the horizon, it is still early.
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朝
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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| morning
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Left: sunrise  (The sun 日 rises between plants 艹), right: moon 月
At sunrise, the moon is still there: It is morning.
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幹
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JLPT 1Joyo 5 |
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| tree trunk, main (part)
miki, KAN
干
旦
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Left: sunrise (The sun 日 rises between plants 艹.), right: person 人 and: dry 干 (image of drying stand/rack)
At rising sun a person is drying the trunk of a tree.
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乾
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| dry, to dry
kawaku, KAN
乙
艹
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Left: sunrise (sun 日 rises between plants 艹), right: horizontal person  , odd/2nd: 乙 (two 二, written quickly, without pen's lifting)
By the sunrise the two odd persons get dry.
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韓
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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KAN|
韋
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Left: sunrise (sun 日, var. of plant艹 [sun rises between plants], this means east of China, (=the middle kingdom) where the characters were developed, right: averted from the center 韋 (var. of 5 五, center 口, 5 五 (upside down)= twice five averted from center
Towards the rising sun (= in the east of China) and a bit averted: Korea.
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嘲
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| ridicule, scoff, sneer
azakeru, CHŪ
口
朝
月
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Left: mouth 口, right: morning 朝 (= sunrise [= sun 日 rises between plants 艹] and the moon 月 is still there.)
This mouth early in the morning cannot but ridicule sneer.
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