Chinese Character 耀 Meanings and components.

Form

耀

Meaning

耀 meaning[3] in English

Brilliant.

Glorious.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 耀 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are light (光) , and surname Di (翟)

Its radical[1] is: 羽 (yu3) which means: Feather, 5th Note In Pentatonic Scale, .羽yu3feather

In cangjie it is written with FUSMG

How to write 耀

To write耀yao4brilliant you should write a combination of 光guang1light , 翟di2surname Di arranged in a 吅 shape:

光 + 翟 = 耀

耀 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 耀 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 耀, looks as follow:

耀
Pinyin:yao4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Brilliant . Glorious
光
Pinyin:guang1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Light . Ray . Cl:道[Dao4] . Bright . Only . Merely . To Use Up
⺌
Pinyin:⺌
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young
兀
Pinyin:wu4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Wu
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
儿
Pinyin:er2
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 人[Ren2] . 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 10), Occurring In 兒, 兀, 兄 Etc
翟
Pinyin:di2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Di . Variant Of 狄[Di2], Generic Name For Northern Ethnic Minorities During The Qin And Han Dynasties (221 Bc-220 Ad)
羽
Pinyin:yu3
Meaning[3]: Feather . 5th Note In Pentatonic Scale
习
Pinyin:xi2 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Surname Xi
习
Pinyin:xi2 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Surname Xi
隹
Pinyin:zhui1
Meaning[3]: Short-Tailed Bird

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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