煜熠
yù​yì

bright

煜 yù bright

A dazzling 昱 flame 火; 昱 also provides the pronunciation

Components

火
火 Meaning component
huǒ fire
昱
昱 SoundMeaning component
yù bright light

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartyuwkɢʷrəpshine, gleam
Zhengzhangɢrub
luɡ

說文解字

熠也。从火昱聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

熠 yì bright and sparkling

Phonosemantic compound. 火 represents the meaning and 習 represents the sound.

Components

火
火 Meaning component
huǒ fire
習
習 Sound component
xí to practice

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɢrub
lub

說文解字

盛光也。从火習聲。《詩》曰：“熠熠宵行。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)