熠
yì

bright and sparkling

Phonosemantic compound. 火 represents the meaning and 習 represents the sound.

Components

火
火 Meaning component
huǒ fire
習
習 Sound component
xí 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

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica