煜 (yù): brilliant, glorious
煜 (yù) is a Chinese character meaning “brilliant.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 火 (structural) and 昱 (structural). It ranks #9999 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 煜 a dazzling 昱 flame 火; 昱 also provides the pronunciation. Its radical form 火 (fire) appears in many related characters such as 火 (huǒ, fire), 烟 (yān, smoke), 烧 (shāo, to burn, to cook).
Definitions
- brilliant
- glorious
Etymology & Origin
ideographicA dazzling 昱 flame 火; 昱 also provides the pronunciation
Decomposition: ⿰火昱 (layout: left-right)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 李煜 | lǐ yù | Li Yu (c. 937-978), given name of the final ruler of Tang of the Five Southern dynasties Li Houzhu 李後主|李后主, a renowne... |
| 熠煜 | yì yù | to shine |
| 煜熠 | yù yì | bright |
| 煜煜 | yù yù | dazzling |
煜 appears in 4 compound words: 50 as the first character, 50 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Example Sentences
张明煜、吴希瑶、孟鑫和付静在现代五项女子团体赛夺得中国代表团本届亚运会首枚金牌。
zhāng míng yù , wú xī yáo , mèng xīn hé fù jìng zài xiàn dài wǔ xiàng nǚ zǐ tuán tǐ sài duó dé zhōng guó dài biǎo tuán běn jiè yà yùn huì shǒu méi jīn pái .
Zhang Mingyu, Wu Xiyao, Meng Xin, and Fu Jing won the Chinese delegation’s first gold medal of these Asian Games in the women’s modern pentathlon team event.
中国现代五项选手张明煜说,从小训练在运动队,与家人团聚本来就少。
zhōng guó xiàn dài wǔ xiàng xuǎn shǒu zhāng míng yù shuō , cóng xiǎo xùn liàn zài yùn dòng duì , yǔ jiā rén tuán jù běn lái jiù shǎo .
Zhang Mingyu, a Chinese modern pentathlete, said that because he had been training on a sports team since childhood, he rarely got to spend time with his family.
中国队派出郑钦文、张帅、王曦雨、郭涵煜、蒋欣玗组成的强力阵容。
zhōng guó duì pài chū zhèng qīn wén , zhāng shuài , wáng 曦 yǔ , guō hán yù , jiǎng xīn 玗 zǔ chéng de qiáng lì zhèn róng .
The Chinese team fielded a strong lineup consisting of Zheng Qinwen, Zhang Shuai, Wang Xiyu, Guo Hanyu, and Jiang Xinyu.
刚刚在温网夺得女双冠军的中国选手郭涵煜以0:2输给美国选手戴伊,止步资格赛。
gāng gāng zài wēn wǎng duó dé nǚ shuāng guàn jūn de zhōng guó xuǎn shǒu guō hán yù yǐ 0 : 2 shū gěi měi guó xuǎn shǒu dài yī , zhǐ bù zī gé sài .
Chinese player Guo Hanyu, who had just won the women's doubles title at Wimbledon, lost 0–2 to American player Day and was eliminated in the qualifying rounds.
北京大学 2007 级校友王虹、邓煜同时获奖,成为首批获得菲尔兹奖的中国籍数学家。
běi jīng dà xué 2 0 0 7 jí xiào yǒu wáng hóng , dèng yù tóng shí huò jiǎng , chéng wéi shǒu pī huò dé fēi ěr zī jiǎng de zhōng guó jí shǔ xué jiā .
Wang Hong and Deng Yu, both alumni of Peking University’s Class of 2007, were awarded the prize simultaneously, becoming the first Chinese mathematicians to receive the Fields Medal.
Character Family
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