yì​shuò

glimmer

bright and sparkling

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
huǒ fire
Sound component
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

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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

shuò shine Simplified

The happy light of a flame 

Components

Meaning component
huǒ fire
Meaning component
lè, yuè happy, music

Sources

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Unicode

shuò shine Traditional

represents the meaning, represents the sound.

Components

Sound component
huǒ fire
Meaning component
lè, yuè happy, music

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsyakr̥ewk (W dialect: *r̥- > *x-, palatalizing)melt, infuse
syakr̥ewk (W dialect: *r̥- > *x-, palatalizing)shine (v.)

說文解字

《說文新附》:“爍,灼爍,光也。从火,樂聲。”

Sources

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