Hanja Analyzer
耀

耀 — yo

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
빛날 요
Romanization
yo
English
shine, sparkle, dazzle; glory
Mandarin
yào
Japanese on'yomi
ヨウ
Japanese kun'yomi
かがや.く ひかり
Japanese usage
Jinmeiyō kanji
Newspaper frequency
#2,253 of 2,500
Strokes
20
Variant forms
燿
Radical
羽 (124, 14 residual)
Phonetic component
翟
Unicode
U+8000

Parts that make up 耀

  • 光 빛 광 사람 위에 얹힌 불빛. ‘광’ 계열의 소리
  • 翟 꿩 적, 꿩 책sound 깃 고운 꿩‘적·탁’ 계열의 소리

How 耀 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 耀 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 光, 翟.

Korean example words with 耀

  • 현요하다眩耀 Korean gloss: 눈부시고 찬란하다
  • 조요하다照耀 Korean gloss: 밝게 비쳐서 빛나는 데가 있다
  • 요덕耀德 Korean gloss: 덕을 빛나게 함.
  • 요전耀電 Korean gloss: 번쩍이는 번갯불.
  • 광요光耀 Korean gloss: 아름답고 찬란한 빛.
  • 영요榮耀 Korean gloss: 빛나고 아름다운 영예.
  • 진요震耀 Korean gloss: 조선 세종 때의 정대업지악 열다섯 곡 가운데 열셋째 곡.
  • 낭요하다朗耀 Korean gloss: 밝고 환하다.
  • 휘요하다輝耀 Korean gloss: 밝게 빛나다.
  • 요요하다耀耀 Korean gloss: 빛이 비쳐 밝다.
  • 엄요하다掩耀 Korean gloss: 빛을 덮어 가리다.
  • 현요하다衒耀 Korean gloss: 명예를 얻기 위하여 거짓으로 뽐내며 자랑하다.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 耀

  • 栄耀えいよう luxury; splendour; splendor
  • 衒耀げんよう false glitter
  • 光耀こうよう shining; glittering
  • 耀うかがよう to shimmer; to sparkle
  • 宣耀殿せんようでん ladies' pavilion (of the inner Heian Palace)
  • 栄耀栄華えいようえいが wealth, prosperity, and arrogant splendor (splendour); (living sumptuously) intoxicated by wealth and power; luxury

Characters sharing the phonetic 翟

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “요”

Other hanja with radical 羽

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