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曝

pù

Meanings

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pù
  1. 1.to air
  2. 2.to sun
bào
  1. 1.used in 曝光[bào guāng]
  2. 2.Taiwan pr. [pù]

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.to sun; to air in the sun; to expose or dry in the sun
  2. 2.to expose; to reveal

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *boːwɢs, *boːɡ): semantic 日 (“sun”) + phonetic 暴 (OC *boːwɢs, *boːɡ, “expose”). Originally, 暴 referred to this word; later, 日 was added to distinguish. A conservative version is 𣌑, then the character was stylized into 曝.

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Stroke order

Components

曝日日㳟

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Synonyms

曬炙

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Derived terms

一曝十寒中途曝光多次曝光曝光曝光表曝曬曝晒曝書曝书曝氣曝气曝獻曝献曝背曝腮龍門曝腮龙门曝衣曝露曝鰓龍門曝鳃龙门獻曝献曝野人獻曝野人献曝野叟曝言

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Related words

曝光 to expose (photography)曝露 to expose (to the air, light etc)曝晒 to expose to strong sunlight曝光表 light meter野叟曝言 Yesou Puyan or Humble Words of a Rustic Elder, monumental Qing novel by Xia Jingqu 夏敬渠[Xià Jìng qú]一曝十寒 one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp