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显 means 'when the sun is almost lined up'

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Strokes : 9    Usefulness: 7    Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Component in 2 kanji (2 Jōyō)
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This character is actually the Chinese simplification of (appearance). In Japanese (appearance) is simplified to (appear), keeping the (page) on the right side, so 显 could be considered a simplification of (motes in a sunbeam), although it is not used independently.
⿱   sun; day   () almost lined up  
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when the sun is almost lined up
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
almost lined up
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