晖

暉

huī

军 + 日

Definitions

huī sunshine; to shine upon; variant of 輝|辉[huī]

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 军 represents the sound. Simplified form of 暉.

Semantic: 日 Phonetic: 军

About

晖 (simplified from 暉) denotes sunshine, sunlight, or a bright, glowing radiance. It is a phono-semantic compound built from the sun radical 日 (rì) on the left, which provides the meaning related to light and daytime, and the phonetic component 軍 (jūn) on the right, which supplies the pronunciation. In the simplified form, 軍 is replaced by 军 (jūn), reducing strokes while keeping the phono-semantic structure intact. In literary usage, 晖 often evokes a warm, glorious light or the radiant ambiance of spring sunshine.

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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

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Example Sentences Hide

余晖真美丽。

Yú huī zhēn měi lì.

The afterglow is really beautiful.

春晖洒满大地。

Chūn huī sǎ mǎn dà dì.

Spring sunlight spills over the land.

晚霞的余晖渐消。

Wǎn xiá de yú huī jiàn xiāo.

The afterglow of the evening glow gradually fades.

晖光下的湖泊闪闪发亮。

Huī guāng xià de hú pō shǎn shǎn fā liàng.

The lake under the brilliance shines brightly.

他站在余晖中沉思。

Tā zhàn zài yú huī zhōng chén sī.

He stands in the afterglow, deep in thought.

春晖照耀着复苏的田野。

Chūn huī zhào yào zhe fù sū de tián yě.

Spring sunlight shines on the reviving fields.

那片晖光给了我们希望。

Nà piàn huī guāng gěi le wǒ men xī wàng.

That patch of brilliance gave us hope.

在余晖的映衬下，城市的轮廓显得格外柔和。

Zài yú huī de yìng chèn xià, chéng shì de lún kuò xiǎn dé gé wài róu hé.

Against the backdrop of the afterglow, the city's skyline appears especially soft.

Related Characters

Component: 军

Component: 日

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