曜(yào)

18 strokes

bright

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Character information

Pinyin
yào
Meaning
bright; glorious; one of the seven planets of premodern astronomy
Strokes
18
HSK level
—
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 曜 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰日翟

A spectacular 翟 star 日; 翟 also provides the pronunciation

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

日rì翟zhái

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 曜 step by step

18 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 曜

Common words using 曜 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

qī七yào曜

the seven planets of premodern astronomy (the Sun, the Moon, Mercury, Venus…

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xīng星yào曜

heavenly bodies (esp. the sun, moon or five visible planets)

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tǔ土yào曜rì日

Saturday (used in ancient Chinese astronomy)

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hēi黑yào曜shí石

obsidian (mining)

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Related characters

From 曜’s common words

七星土日黑石

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