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Translingual
Han character
耀 (Kangxi radical 124, 羽+14, 20 strokes, cangjie input 火山尸一土 (FUSMG), four-corner 97214, composition ⿰光翟)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 960, character 14
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28828
- Dae Jaweon: page 1406, character 15
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3359, character 5
- Unihan data for U+8000
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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櫂
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*r'eːwɢs
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濯
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*r'eːwɢs, *r'eːwɢ
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耀
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*lewɢs
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曜
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*lewɢs
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燿
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*lewɢs
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糶
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*l̥ʰeːwɢs
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粜
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*l̥ʰeːwɢs
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嬥
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*l'eːw, *l'eːwʔ, *l'eːwɢs, *r'eːwɢ
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藋
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*l'eːwɢs
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躍
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*lewɢ
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戳
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*r'eːwɢ
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擢
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*r'eːwɢ
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蠗
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*r'eːwɢ
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鸐
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*r'eːwɢ
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翟
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*r'aːwɢ, *l'eːwɢ
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趯
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*l̥ʰeːwɢ
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籊
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*l̥ʰeːwɢ, *l'eːwɢ
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糴
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*l'eːwɢ
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䊮
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*l'eːwɢ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *lewɢs) : semantic 光 (“light; beam; ray”) + phonetic 翟 (OC *r'aːwɢ, *l'eːwɢ).
Etymology
Probably related to 曜 (OC *lewɢs, “to shine; daylight”); see there for more (STEDT).
Pronunciation 1
Note:
- iao6 - Shantou;
- iou6 - Chaozhou.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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耀
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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yào
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Middle Chinese
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‹ yewH ›
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Old Chinese
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/*lewk-s/
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English
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shine
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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耀
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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2211
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Phonetic component
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翟
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Rime group
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豹
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Rime subdivision
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2
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Corresponding MC rime
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燿
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Old Chinese
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/*lewɢs/
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Definitions
耀
- to shine; to sparkle
- to dazzle; to show off; to make a display of; to flaunt
- rays of light; radiance
- glorious
- a surname
- (Eastern Min) Alternative form of 邵 (siêu, “praise, appreciate, brag, admire”)
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 耀 – see 照 (“(Hokkien) to illuminate”). (This character is a variant form of 照). |
Japanese
Kanji
耀
(Jinmeiyō kanji)
- shine
- sparkle
- gleam
- twinkle
Readings
- Go-on: よう (yō)←えう (eu, historical)
- Kan-on: よう (yō)←えう (eu, historical)
- Kun: あきらか (akiraka)、かがやかしい (kagayakashii, 耀かしい)、かがやかす (kagayakasu, 耀かす)、かがやき (kagayaki, 耀き)、かがやく (kagayaku, 耀く)、かがゆい (kagayui, 耀い)←かがゆひ (kagayufi, 耀ひ, historical)、かがよう (kagayou, 耀う)←かがよふ (kagayofu, 耀ふ, historical)、ひかり (hikari)
- Nanori: あき (aki)、あきら (akira)、てる (teru)
Compounds
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 耀 (MC yewH).
Pronunciation
Affix
耀 • (yō) ←えう (eu)?
- shine, sparkle, gleam, twinkle
References
- ^ 白川静 (Shirakawa Shizuka) (2014) “耀”, in 字通 (Jitsū) (in Japanese), popular edition, Tōkyō: Heibonsha, →ISBN
- ^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 1720 (paper), page 912 (digital)
- ^ Shōundō Henshūjo, editor (1927), 新漢和辞典 [The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Ōsaka: Shōundō, →DOI, page 973 (paper), page 499 (digital)
Korean
Hanja
耀 • (yo) (hangeul 요, revised yo, McCune–Reischauer yo, Yale yo)
- shine, sparkle
- dazzle
- glory
Vietnamese
Han character
耀: Hán Nôm readings: diệu
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