晖 (huī): sunshine, to shine upon
晖 (huī) is a Chinese character meaning “sunshine.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 日 (semantic) and 军 (phonetic). It ranks #4475 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 晖 sun. Its radical form 日 (sun) appears in many related characters such as 日 (rì, sun, day), 时 (shí, time, hour), 明 (míng, bright, tomorrow).
Definitions
- sunshine
- to shine upon
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 余晖noun | yú huī | twilight |
| 珠晖区 | zhū huī qū | Zhuhui, a district of Hengyang City 衡陽市|衡阳市, Hunan |
| 春晖noun | chūn huī | lit. spring sunshine |
| 珠晖 | zhū huī | see 珠暉區|珠晖区 |
| 晖映 | huī yìng | variant of 輝映|辉映 |
晖 appears in 5 compound words: 20 as the first character, 60 as the last, and 20 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Example Sentences
丁俊晖在延期资格赛中不敌里奇·沃顿，无缘晋级。
dīng jùn huī zài yán qī zī gé sài zhōng bù dí lǐ qí wò dùn , wú yuán jìn jí .
Ding Junhui lost to Richie Wharton in the extended qualifying round and failed to advance.
据悉，本次深圳公开赛云集赵心童、特鲁姆普、奥沙利文、吴宜泽、丁俊晖等名将。
jù xī , běn cì shēn zhèn gōng kāi sài yún jí zhào xīn tóng , tè lǔ mǔ pǔ , ào shā lì wén , wú yí zé , dīng jùn huī děng míng jiāng .
It is reported that this year’s Shenzhen Open has brought together top players such as Zhao Xintong, Trump, O’Sullivan, Wu Yize, and Ding Junhui.
金晖：心功能或肾功能不好的，入水量相对来说，要有所控制。
jīn huī : xīn gōng néng huò shèn gōng néng bù hǎo de , rù shuǐ liàng xiāng duì lái shuō , yào yǒu suǒ kòng zhì .
Jin Hui: For patients with impaired heart or kidney function, fluid intake should be relatively restricted.
斯诺克英国公开赛：赵心童首战告捷 丁俊晖等晋级32强
sī nuò kè yīng guó gōng kāi sài : zhào xīn tóng shǒu zhàn gào jié dīng jùn huī děng jìn jí 3 2 qiáng
Snooker UK Open: Zhao Xintong Wins First Match; Ding Junhui and Others Advance to the Round of 32
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 日 (sun) component
Homophones — Characters pronounced huī
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