yào

glorious

A spectacular  star  also provides the pronunciation

Components
日 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

sun

翟 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

zhái

  

surname

Evolution

曜 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
曜 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
曜 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

yào

glorious, as sun; daylight, sunlight; one of the seven planets of pre-modern astronomy (the sun, the moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn); bright; glorious; one of the seven planets of premodern astronomy

Most common words with 曜
Freq.
Word
Meaning

bright

黑曜石

obsidian (mining)

七曜

the seven planets of premodern astronomy (the Sun, the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn)

金曜日

Friday (used in ancient Chinese astronomy)

黑曜岩

obsidian (mining)