曜
yào

glorious

Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 耀 represents the sound.

Components

日
日 Meaning component
rì sun
耀
耀 SoundMeaningRemnant component
yào shine

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartyewHlewk-s shine

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica