輝
huī

brightness

Phonosemantic compound. 光 represents the meaning and 軍 represents the sound.

Components

光
光 Meaning component
guāng light
軍
軍 Sound component
jūn army

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartxjwɨjqʷʰərbrilliant
Zhengzhangqʰul
Unicodexiuəi

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang

辉 huī brightness Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 光 represents the meaning and 军 represents the sound. Simplified form of 輝.

Components

光
光 Meaning component
guāng light
军
军 Sound component
jūn army

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode