烁 (shuò): bright, luminous
烁 (shuò) is a Chinese character meaning “bright.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 火 (structural) and 乐 (structural). It ranks #2566 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 烁 the happy 乐 light of a flame 火. Its radical form 火 (fire) appears in many related characters such as 火 (huǒ, fire), 灯 (dēng, lamp, light), 烟 (yān, smoke).
Definitions
- bright
- luminous
Etymology & Origin
ideographicThe happy 乐 light of a flame 火
Decomposition: ⿰火乐 (layout: left-right)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 闪烁verb | shǎn shuò | to glisten |
| 金光闪烁 | jīn guāng shǎn shuò | spangle |
| 震古烁今phrase | zhèn gǔ shuò jīn | (lit.) to astonish the ancients and dazzle contemporaries (idiom) |
| 闪烁其词phrase | shǎn shuò qí cí | to speak evasively (idiom) |
| 闪烁体 | shǎn shuò tǐ | (physics) scintillator |
| 熠烁 | yì shuò | to twinkle |
| 烁烁 | shuò shuò | flickering |
烁 appears in 7 compound words: 14 as the first character, 43 as the last, and 43 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 烁 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
篝火晚会上，大家手拉手围着烁堆跳舞。
篝 huǒ wǎn huì shǎng , dà jiā shǒu lā shǒu wéi zhe shuò duī tiào wǔ .
At the bonfire party, everyone danced hand in hand around the blazing fire.
对于有光敏性癫痫病史，或者对高频闪烁较为敏感的观众，建议谨慎观看。
duì yú yǒu guāng mǐn xìng 癫 痫 bìng shǐ , huò zhě duì gāo pín shǎn shuò jiào wéi mǐn gǎn de guàn zhòng , jiàn yì jǐn shèn guàn kàn .
Viewers with a history of photosensitive epilepsy or those who are sensitive to high-frequency flashing lights are advised to exercise caution when watching.
闪烁着希望之光的后启示录 由于人类活动与过度开发，从前绿意盎然的星球如今黄沙漫漫。
shǎn shuò zhe xī wàng zhī guāng de hòu qǐ shì lù yóu yú rén lèi huó dòng yǔ guò dù kāi fā , cóng qián lǜ yì 盎 rán de xīng qiú rú jīn huáng shā màn màn .
A Post-Apocalyptic World Glimmering with Hope: Once lush and green, the planet is now blanketed in yellow sand due to human activity and overdevelopment.
来自北京的高一学生王烁然也是一名“追星”少年。
lái zì běi jīng de gāo yī xué shēng wáng shuò rán yě shì yī míng zhuī xīng shǎo nián .
Wang Shuoran, a high school freshman from Beijing, is also a teenager who “chases stars.”
【混合过关】兆文:火焰闪烁赢草闸吸引
hùn gě guò guān zhào wén : huǒ yàn shǎn shuò yíng cǎo zhá xī yǐn
[Mix Parlay] Zhaowen: Flame Flash to Win, Grass Gate to Draw
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kāi xiāng mó dòng hé xīng shuò jí xùn yǒng jí xiàng yǔ pīn zhuāng mó xíng mó dòng hé . . .
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她的眼睛闪烁着喜悦的光芒。
Tā de yǎnjing shǎnshuò zhe xǐyuè de guāngmáng.
Her eyes were shining with joy.
无数星星在天上闪烁。
Wúshù xīngxing zài tiānshàng shǎnshuò.
Countless stars were twinkling in the sky.
当她看到妈妈没在生她的气，她的双眼因为幸福而闪烁了。
Dāng tā kàn dào māma méi zài shēng tā de qì, tā de shuāngyǎn yīnwèi xìngfú ér shǎnshuò le.
Her eyes shone with joy when she saw that her mother was not mad at her.
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