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).

Spoken pronunciation

Definitions

  1. brilliant
  2. glorious

Etymology & Origin

煜

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

WordPinyinMeaning
李煜lǐ yùLi 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 yùto shine
煜熠yù yìbright
煜煜yù yùdazzling
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Total compounds
50
As first character
50
As last character
0
As middle character

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

中国新闻网·体育Oct 2026

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.

中国新闻网·体育Sep 2026

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.

中国新闻网·体育Sep 2026

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.

中国新闻网·体育Aug 2026

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.

爱范儿Jul 2026

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

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 煜 (yù) mean in Chinese?
煜 (yù) primarily means "brilliant." It is not part of the HSK 3.0 syllabus. It ranks #9999 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 煜 have?
煜 is written with 13 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 煜?
The radical associated with 煜 is 火 (fire). This radical appears in many characters related to fire.
What are the components of 煜?
煜 is composed of: 火 (structural), 昱 (structural). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰火昱 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 煜?
Common words with 煜 include: 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"). There are over 4 compound words containing this character.
Is 煜 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 煜 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.