懂中文 Dong Chinese

曬

shài

be in sunshine

Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 麗 represents the sound.

Components
日 meaning component

日  Meaning component

rì

  

sun

麗 sound component

麗  Sound component

lì, lí

  

beautiful

Evolution

曬 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
曬 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

晒 (曬) 

shài

dry in sun, expose to sun; (of the sun) to shine on; to bask in (the sunshine); to dry (clothes, grain etc) in the sun; (fig.) to expose and share (one's experiences and thoughts) on the Web (loanword from "share"); (coll.) to give the cold shoulder to

Most common words with 曬
Freq.
Word
Meaning

晒

(of the sun) to shine on

晒太阳

to put sth in the sun (e.g. to dry it)

防晒霜

suntan lotion

晒干

to dry in the sun

暴晒

(of the sun) to scorch