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曜
yào
1.
bright
2.
glorious
3.
one of the seven planets of pre-modern astronomy
Uncommon • Top 43%
✏️ 18 strokes
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (12)
星曜
xīngyào
heavenly bodies (esp. the sun, moon or five visible planets)
七曜
qīyào
the seven planets of pre-modern astronomy (the Sun, the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn)
日曜日
Rìyàorì
Sunday (used in ancient Chinese astronomy)
月曜日
Yuèyàorì
Monday (used in ancient Chinese astronomy)
木曜日
Mùyàorì
Thursday (used in ancient Chinese astronomy)
水曜日
Shuǐyàorì
Wednesday (used in ancient Chinese astronomy)
火曜日
Huǒyàorì
Tuesday (used in ancient Chinese astronomy)
金曜日
Jīnyàorì
Friday (used in ancient Chinese astronomy)
黑曜岩
hēiyàoshí
obsidian (mining)
黑曜石
hēiyàoshí
obsidian (mining)
土曜日
Tǔyàorì
Saturday (used in ancient Chinese astronomy)
星象恶曜
xīngxiàngèyào
unlucky star (evil portent in astrology)
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- Character Frequency Rank
- 4,179
- Word Frequency Rank
- 35,979 of 84,292