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炅

jiǒng / Guì
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 bright
  2. 2 shining
  3. 3 brilliant

Examples

HSK 6
他的眼睛炅炅有神。
Tā de yǎnjing jiǒng jiǒng yǒu shén.
His eyes shone with a bright light.

Tips

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Read jiǒng, 炅 is a literary word for "bright, shining", rarely used outside classical texts. A separate reading Guì is a surname (see the other entry).

Components

radical
火 huǒ
fire
火 is the fire radical at the bottom. A flame as bright as the sun above it produces the "shining" sense of 炅.
semantic
日 rì
sun
日 is the sun, sitting on top. Sun above fire gives the combined idea of brilliant light in 炅.

Stroke Order

炅 jiǒng