煌 (huáng): brilliant
煌 (huáng) is a Chinese character meaning “brilliant.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 火 (semantic) and 皇 (phonetic). It ranks #2220 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 煌 fire. Its radical form 火 (fire) appears in many related characters such as 火 (huǒ, fire), 灯 (dēng, lamp, light), 烟 (yān, smoke).
Definitions
- brilliant
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 辉煌adjective | huī huáng | splendid |
| 金碧辉煌phrase | jīn bì huī huáng | gold and jade in glorious splendor (idiom) |
| 敦煌市 | dūn huáng shì | Dunhuang, a county-level city in Jiuquan City 酒泉市, Gansu |
| 敦煌石窟 | dūn huáng shí kū | Dunhuang caves in Gansu |
| 金碧荧煌 | jīn bì yíng huáng | splendid in green and gold (idiom) |
| 敦煌proper-noun | dūn huáng | see 敦煌市 |
| 燉煌 | dūn huáng | variant of 敦煌 |
| 煌熠 | huáng yì | bright |
煌 appears in 8 compound words: 13 as the first character, 63 as the last, and 25 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 煌 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
蜡烛的煌苗在微风中轻轻摇曳。
là zhú de huáng miáo zài wēi fēng zhōng qīng qīng yáo 曳 .
The flickering flame of the candle swayed gently in the breeze.
敦煌文旅(北京)推广中心正式揭牌,在王府井遇...
dūn huáng wén lǚ ( běi jīng ) tuī guǎng zhōng xīn zhèng shì jiē pái , zài wáng fǔ jǐng yù . . .
The Dunhuang Culture and Tourism (Beijing) Promotion Center was officially unveiled at Wangfujing...
英法所藏敦煌古藏文文献全部整理出版
yīng fǎ suǒ zàng dūn huáng gǔ zàng wén wén xiàn quán bù zhěng lǐ chū bǎn
All Tibetan manuscripts from the Dunhuang collection held in the UK and France have been cataloged and published
萧煌奇PO用餐照“吃鱼顾眼睛” 放火回1句!...
xiāo huáng qí P O yòng cān zhào chī yú gù yǎn jīng fàng huǒ huí 1 jù ! . . .
Xiao Huangqi posted a photo of himself eating and wrote, "Eating fish is good for your eyes," and Fang Huo replied with one sentence!...
屹立上环44年辉煌快餐店结业 “黄帽工人”壁画曾卷“黑暴”...
yì lì shàng huán 4 4 nián huī huáng kuài cān diàn jié yè huáng mào gōng rén bì huà céng juǎn hēi bào . . .
Standing in Sheung Wan for 44 years, the glorious fast food restaurant closed The mural of "Yellow Hat Workers" was once rolled up with "black violence"...
敦煌文化年味“火”出圈 春节假期接待游客超8...
dūn huáng wén huà nián wèi huǒ chū juān chūn jié jiǎ qī jiē dài yóu kè chāo 8 . . .
Dunhuang cultural New Year's flavor "fire" out of the circle Spring Festival holiday received more than 8 tourists...
这样辉煌的成绩，是如何取得的？
Zhèyàng huīhuáng de chéngjì, shì rúhé qǔdé de?
How can one achieve such brilliant results?
"文学作品是关系到一个国家统治的伟大成就，以及永恒地位的辉煌事迹"。
"wénxué zuòpǐn shì guānxìdào yī gè guójiā tǒngzhì de wěidà chéngjiù, yǐjí yǒnghéng dìwèi de huīhuáng shìjì ".
"Literary composition is a great achievement that concerns the ruling of a state, a splendid affair of eternal standing".
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 火 (fire) component
Frequently Asked Questions
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