爍
shuò

shine

樂 represents the meaning, 火 represents the sound.

Components

火
火 Sound component
huǒ fire
樂
樂 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

烁 shuò shine Simplified

The happy 乐 light of a flame 火

Components

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

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode