曜

See also: 燿 and 耀

曜 U+66DC, 曜 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-66DC ← 曛 [U+66DB] CJK Unified Ideographs 曝 → [U+66DD]

Translingual

Stroke order (Japan)

Han character

曜 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+14, 18 strokes, cangjie input 日尸一土 (ASMG), four-corner 6701₄, composition ⿰日翟)

Descendants

• 𫞂

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 501, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14227
• Dae Jaweon: page 871, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1540, character 5
• Unihan data for U+66DC

Chinese

trad.		曜
simp. #		曜
2nd round simp.		𭀦

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (翟) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
櫂	*r'eːwɢs
濯	*r'eːwɢs, *r'eːwɢ
耀	*lewɢs
曜	*lewɢs
燿	*lewɢs
糶	*l̥ʰeːwɢs
粜	*l̥ʰeːwɢs
嬥	*l'eːw, *l'eːwʔ, *l'eːwɢs, *r'eːwɢ
藋	*l'eːwɢs
躍	*lewɢ
戳	*r'eːwɢ
擢	*r'eːwɢ
蠗	*r'eːwɢ
鸐	*r'eːwɢ
翟	*r'aːwɢ, *l'eːwɢ
趯	*l̥ʰeːwɢ
籊	*l̥ʰeːwɢ, *l'eːwɢ
糴	*l'eːwɢ
䊮	*l'eːwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *lewɢs): semantic 日 (“sun”) + phonetic 翟 (OC *r'aːwɢ, *l'eːwɢ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yào (yao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu⁶
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): iāu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): iao⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yào
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yào
    • Wade–Giles: yao⁴
    • Yale: yàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yaw
    • Palladius: яо (jao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jiu⁶
    • Yale: yiuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iāu
    • Tâi-lô: iāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iau²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iau²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iau³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iau³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: iao⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iău
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iau³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: yewH

Rime
Character	曜
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	弋照切
Baxter	yewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiᴇuH/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɛuH/
Shao Rongfen	/jæuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jiawH/
Li Rong	/iɛuH/
Wang Li	/jĭɛuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ɛuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jiu6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*lewk-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*lewɢs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	曜
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yào
Middle Chinese	‹ yewH ›
Old Chinese	/*lewk-s/
English	shine
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	曜
Reading #	1/1
No.	2212
Phonetic component	翟
Rime group	豹
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	燿
Old Chinese	/*lewɢs/

Definitions

曜

1. glorious (as the sun)
2. daylight, sunlight
3. one of the seven so-called planets of pre-modern astronomy (the sun, the moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn)

Compounds

• 七曜 (qīyào)
• 九曜
• 乾曜／干曜
• 五曜
• 兩曜／两曜
• 吐曜
• 土曜 (tǔyào)
• 惡曜／恶曜
• 日曜 (rìyào)
• 日曜日 (rìyàorì)
• 星曜
• 晞曜
• 普曜經／普曜经
• 曜日 (yàorì)
• 曜靈／曜灵 (yàolíng)
• 月曜 (yuèyào)
• 月曜日 (yuèyàorì)
• 木曜 (mùyào)
• 木曜日 (mùyàorì)
• 水曜 (shuǐyào)
• 水曜日 (shuǐyàorì)
• 火曜 (huǒyào)
• 火曜日 (huǒyàorì)
• 炳曜
• 眩曜
• 金曜 (jīnyào)
• 震曜
• 黑曜岩 (hēiyàoyán)

 

Japanese

Shinjitai	曜
Kyūjitai	曜󠄁 曜+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	曜󠄃 曜+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Alternative forms

• (ryakuji) 𫞂 [U+2B782]

Kanji

曜

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. shine
2. weekday
3. day (of the week)

Readings

• Go-on: よう (yō, Jōyō)^{←えう (eu, historical)←𛀁う (yeu, ancient)}
• Kan-on: よう (yō, Jōyō)^{←えう (eu, historical)←𛀁う (yeu, ancient)}
• Kun: かがやく (kagayaku, 曜く); ひかり (hikari, 曜); ひかる (hikaru, 曜る)
• Nanori: あき (aki); あきら (akira); かぐや (kaguya); てらす (terasu); てる (teru); ひかり (hikari)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
曜
よう Grade: 2
on’yomi

/jieu/ → /jeu/ → /jəː/ → /joː/

From Middle Chinese 曜 (MC yewH).

Affix

曜(よう) • (yō) ^{←えう (eu)?}

1. sun, moon and stars
2. day of week

Usage notes

Used for the days of the week, for example 日曜 (nichiyō) or 日曜日 (nichiyōbi, “Sunday”).

Derived terms

Compounds

• 曜日(ようび) (yōbi, “day of the week”)
• 曜変(ようへん)天目(てんもく) (yōhen-tenmoku), 曜変(ようへん) (yōhen)
• 月曜(げつよう) (getsuyō), 月曜(げつよう)日(び) (getsuyōbi, “Monday”)
• 火曜(かよう) (kayō), 火曜日(かようび) (kayōbi, “Tuesday”)
• 吉曜(きちよう) (kichiyō, “lucky day”)
• 金曜(きんよう) (kin'yō), 金曜日(きんようび) (kin'yōbi, “Friday”)
• 九曜(くよう) (kuyō), 九曜星(くようせい) (kuyōsei)
• 光曜(こうよう) (kōyō)
• 黒曜石(こくようせき) (kokuyōseki, “obsidian”)
• 七曜(しちよう) (shichiyō, “seven days of the week”)
• 水曜(すいよう) (suiyō), 水曜(すいよう)日(び) (suiyōbi, “Wednesday”)
• 宿(すく)曜(よう) (Sukuyō), 宿(しゅく)曜(よう) (Shukuyō)
• 土曜(どよう) (doyō), 土曜日(どようび) (doyōbi, “Saturday”)
• 何曜(なんよう) (nan'yō, “which day”)
• 日曜(にちよう) (nichiyō), 日曜(にちよう)日(び) (nichiyōbi, “Sunday”)
• 八曜(はちよう) (hachiyō)
• 木曜(もくよう) (mokuyō), 木曜(もくよう)日(び) (mokuyōbi, “Thursday”)
• 両曜(りょうよう) (ryōyō)
• 六曜(ろくよう) (rokuyō, “six calendar labels”)

Proper noun

曜(よう) • (Yō) ^{←えう (eu)?}

1. a female given name

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 曜 (MC yewH).

Historical readings
Recorded as Middle Korean 요ᇢ〮 (Yale: yów) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448. Recorded as Middle Korean 요〯 (yǒ) (Yale: yǒ) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [jo]
• Phonetic hangul: [요]

Hanja

Wikisource

曜 (eumhun 빛날 요 (binnal yo))

1. Hanja form^? of 요 (“shiny”).
2. Hanja form^? of 요 (“day of the week (in this case, usually used with 일 (日, il))”).

Compounds

Compounds

• 요일 (曜日, yoil, “day of the week”)
• 월요일 (月曜日, woryoil, “Monday”)
• 화요일 (火曜日, hwayoil, “Tuesday”)
• 수요일 (水曜日, suyoil, “Wednesday”)
• 목요일 (木曜日, mogyoil, “Thursday”)
• 금요일 (金曜日, geumyoil, “Friday”)
• 토요일 (土曜日, toyoil, “Saturday”)
• 일요일 (日曜日, iryoil, “Sunday”)
• 흑요석 (黑曜石, heugyoseok, “obsidian”)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

Vietnamese

Han character

曜: Hán Nôm readings: diệu

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