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炯

jiǒng

Character

What 炯 means

1. bright
2. clear

Other readings

炯 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• jiǒngold variant of {炯|jiǒng}

Words starting with 炯

• 炯炯有神jiǒng jiǒng yǒu shén(idiom) (of eyes) bright and full of spirit; shining with vitality and presence
• 炯炯jiǒng jiǒng(literary) (of eyes) bright; shining

Words containing 炯

• 杨炯Yáng JiǒngYang Jiong (650-693?), one of the Four Great Poets of the Early Tang 初唐四杰
• 陈炯明Chén Jiǒng míngChen Jiongming (1878-1933), a leading warlord of Guangdong faction, defeated in 1925 and…

Characters built on 冋

These share the phonetic component 冋 (jiōng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 迥jiǒngdistant
• 扃jiōng(literary) to shut or bolt a door; door

Characters that look like 炯

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

• 烟yāncigarette or pipe tobacco; smoke; mist
• 晒shài(of the sun) to shine on; to bask in (the sunshine)…
• 炳bǐngbright; brilliant; luminous
• 胴dònglarge intestine; torso
• 猁lìused in 猞猁
• 涧jiànmountain stream

Sounds the same

Read jiǒng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 窘distressed; embarrassed
• 迥distant
• 炅(literary) bright; shining; brilliance
• 囧(archaic) light, bright (variant of 冏; (since c. 2005)…
• 冏velvetleaf (Abutilon avicennae), plant of the jute family; bright
• 泂vast
• 煚fire
• 颎blaze; bright
• 澃clear
• 䌹monotone garment with no lining
• 褧monotone garment with no lining
• 綗variant of 䌹