yào

shine

Evolution

燿 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
燿 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
燿 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
燿 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
Definitions

 

yào

shine, dazzle; brilliant, radiant; brilliant; glorious

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*lewk-s

yewH

yào

shine


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

18

Unicode

U+71FF

Shuowen

“燿,照也。从火,翟聲。”


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