辉映
huī​yìng

reflect

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

映 yìng reflect, to project

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

Components

日
日 Meaning component
rì sun
央
央 Sound component
yāng beg

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangqaːŋʔ
qraŋs
Unicodeqiæ̀ng

說文解字

《說文新附》：“映，明也，隱也。从日，央聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

輝 huī brightness Traditional

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