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曜

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bright; glorious; one of the seven planets of premodern astronomy

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Strokes
18
Radical
日 +14
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
曜
Common rank
#3,021
Unicode
U+66DC

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How 曜 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

A spectacular 翟 star 日; 翟 also provides the pronunciation

Components 日 翟

Words with 曜

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WordPinyinMeaning
水曜日 Shuǐ yào rì Wednesday (used in ancient Chinese astronomy)
金曜日 Jīn yào rì Friday (used in ancient Chinese astronomy)
日曜日 Rì yào rì Sunday (used in ancient Chinese astronomy)
火曜日 Huǒ yào rì Tuesday (used in ancient Chinese astronomy)
黑曜石 hēi yào shí obsidian (mining)
木曜日 Mù yào rì Thursday (used in ancient Chinese astronomy)
土曜日 Tǔ yào rì Saturday (used in ancient Chinese astronomy)
月曜日 Yuè yào rì Monday (used in ancient Chinese astronomy)
黑曜岩 hēi yào yán obsidian (mining)
星曜 xīng yào heavenly bodies (esp. the sun, moon or five visible planets)
七曜 qī yào the seven planets of premodern astronomy (the Sun, the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter…