耀 — Edit Snapshot — Chinese Character Wiki

yào HSK6

shine

approved by inralback19 · Feb 16, 2026, 03:13 PM · Reviewed by inralback19 on Feb 16, 2026, 03:13 PM

bro

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

Components

光 Meaning component

guāng light

翟 Sound component

dí, zhái a kind of pheasant

Change in sound

耀 and 翟 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
耀 *lewk-s
翟 *lˤewk

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	yewH	lewk-s	shine