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太陽

たいよう

sun

Mnemonic

The big one coming up over the hill, which is the sun as an object rather than the light off it. Tie たい on, yo よう, and high in summer: たいよう.

Worth knowing

日 ひ is the sun in the everyday sense and also the day. 太陽 is the star itself.

Built from

fat, thick
大 big with one extra mark put on it. Bigger than big, and thick along with it.
sun, positive
阝 hill + 昜 sun rising

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