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曜

yào

bright, glorious; Venus

💡 Ideographic: A spectacular 翟 star 日; 翟 also provides the pronunciation
HSK 18 strokes Uncommon (42%)
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Component Breakdown

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日
rì
sun; day; daytime
翟
dí
long-tailed pheasant; plume; surname
⿰日翟 i

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Component Tree i

rì
日
sun; day; daytime
📷 Pictographic: The sun
4 strokes HSK 2
dí
翟
long-tailed pheasant; plume; surname
💡 Ideographic: A bird 隹 with a plumed 羽 tail
14 strokes

Words Using 曜 (13)

yào
曜 ↗
bright / glorious / one of the seven planets of pre-modern astronomy
Tǔyàorì
土曜日 ↗
Saturday (used in ancient Chinese astronomy)
Rìyàorì
日曜日 ↗
Sunday (used in ancient Chinese astronomy)
xīngyào
星曜 ↗
heavenly bodies (esp. the sun, moon or five visible planets)
xīngxiàngèyào
星象恶曜 ↗
unlucky star (evil portent in astrology)
Yuèyàorì
月曜日 ↗
Monday (used in ancient Chinese astronomy)
Mùyàorì
木曜日 ↗
Thursday (used in ancient Chinese astronomy)
Shuǐyàorì
水曜日 ↗
Wednesday (used in ancient Chinese astronomy)
qīyào
七曜 ↗
the seven planets of pre-modern astronomy (the Sun, the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn)
Huǒyàorì
火曜日 ↗
Tuesday (used in ancient Chinese astronomy)
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