漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
燿: shine
JLPT N118 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
- 火fire(meaning)
- 翟(form)
火 carries the meaning · 翟 is drawn in
18 strokes
Three readings
ヨウyou · on'yomi · in compounds
No common words use this reading.
かがやくkagayaku · kun'yomi · on its own
No common words use this reading.
ひかりhikari · kun'yomi
No common words use this reading.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Look at 火 and see the campfire! The central stroke is the main flame, and the side strokes are sparks dancing in the wind.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
翟
Also built on 翟
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side燿 shine · 火
vs濯 laundry · 氵In ChineseSimplified 曜 · traditional, as in Japanese · yào
Japan keeps the traditional form 燿; mainland China simplifies it to 曜.
- Simplified
- 曜 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 燿 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin yào most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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