旭 = 九 + 日

旭 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “rising sun”. It is built from 九 (nine) and 日 (sun).

Keyword: rising sun
Pinyin (Mandarin): xù
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: восходящее солнце
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 旭 rising sun

Decomposition

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九 nine
日 sun

How to find 旭 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “nine” + “sun”. 旭 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 旭 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.