Character Familiesleft / right

晚wǎn

evening; night (晚上); late (来晚了); later period (晚期, 晚年)

晚 is late and evening — the day's end, dinner time, and one's later years.

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WHOLE GLYPH & STRUCTURE

left / right

ZDIC: 形声; the sun side carries the meaning, 免 the sound.

left / right · 晚

WHOLE CHARACTER

evening; night (晚上); late (来晚了); later period (晚期, 晚年)

晚 is late and evening — the day's end, dinner time, and one's later years.

ZDIC: 形声; the sun side carries the meaning, 免 the sound.

MEANING

sun; day

日 gives a sun/day/time clue in combined characters.

In 晚: meaning Shown with its documented or clearly limited role.

SOUND

to avoid; exempt

Sound clue in 晚.

In 晚: sound Sound side per ZDIC: miǎn shares 晚's tone 3; the initial and final differ.

wǎnTone 3

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ZDIC: 形声; the sun side carries the meaning, 免 the sound.

晴 qíng — Shares a documented or visibly limited component with 晚.

明 míng — Shares a documented or visibly limited component with 晚.

晶 jīng — Shares a documented or visibly limited component with 晚.

得 dé, děi, de — Shares a documented or visibly limited component with 晚.

Sources & verification

ZDIC single character entry — matched zdic; fields: pinyin, primary_definition, structure_strokes. Body SHA256: 7128794b44abef6ddaa7dd18ae1886e07c5e525831faabc5a4a9d57c539304ca. Captured 2026-10-31T13:49:17.225Z.
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