暉
huī

sunshine

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

Components

日
日 Meaning component
rì sun
軍
軍 Sound component
jūn army

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartxjwɨjqʷʰərbrilliant
Zhengzhangqʰul
Unicodexiuəi

說文解字

光也。从日軍聲。

Sources

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

晖 huī sunshine Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 军 represents the sound. Simplified form of 暉.

Components

日
日 Meaning component
rì sun
军
军 Sound component
jūn army

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode