曄
yè

bright

A flower 華 blooming in the sun 日

Components

日
日 Meaning component
rì sun
華
華 Meaning component
huá magnificent

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɢʷab
ɢʷɯb

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

晔 yè bright Simplified

A flower 华 blooming in the sun 日

Components

日
日 Meaning component
rì sun
华
华 Meaning component
huá magnificent

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode