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simplified: (same)
Pinyin: re [4th sound]
Definition: sun, day

This is a Pictographic Character, the original meaning of it referred to "the sun". And the meaning become to “daytime”, because from sunrise till sunset time is during daylight; and also referred to “a day” or “date”.

 
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