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曜

yào

Character

What 曜 means

1. bright
2. glorious
3. one of the seven planets of premodern astronomy

Words containing 曜

• 星曜xīng yàoheavenly bodies (esp. the sun, moon or five visible planets)
• 土曜日Tǔ yào rìSaturday (used in ancient Chinese astronomy)
• 日曜日Rì yào rìSunday (used in ancient Chinese astronomy)
• 月曜日Yuè yào rìMonday (used in ancient Chinese astronomy)
• 木曜日Mù yào rìThursday (used in ancient Chinese astronomy)
• 水曜日Shuǐ yào rìWednesday (used in ancient Chinese astronomy)
• 火曜日Huǒ yào rìTuesday (used in ancient Chinese astronomy)
• 金曜日Jīn yào rìFriday (used in ancient Chinese astronomy)
• 黑曜岩hēi yào yánobsidian (mining)
• 黑曜石hēi yào shíobsidian (mining)
• 七曜qī yàothe seven planets of premodern astronomy…

Characters that look like 曜

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 瞻zhānto gaze; to view
• 蹲dūnto crouch; to squat; to stay (somewhere)
• 曙shǔ(bound form) daybreak; dawn; Taiwan pr. shù
• 蹑nièto walk on tiptoe; to walk quietly; to tread (on)
• 蹊qīused in 蹊跷; Taiwan pr. xī
• 擢zhuóto pull out; to select; to promote

Sounds the same

Read yào, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 要to want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should
• 药leaf of the iris; variant of 药
• 耀brilliant; glorious
• 鹞sparrow hawk; Accipiter nisus
• 燿brilliant; glorious
• 靿the leg of a boot or sock
• 疟used in 疟子
• 袎variant of 靿

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• How characters are built from components.
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