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暉
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晖
🇨🇳

bright

HSK 10 N1
Nature →Elements
huī
キ
かが.やく
휘
Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 軍 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (暉)
日 day+ 軍 army =
暉 bright
日 Meaning component
rì day
sun
軍 Phonetic component
army
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Simplified (晖)
日 day+ 军 military =
晖 sunshine
日 Meaning component
rì day
sun
军 Phonetic component
jūn military
army, military
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Notes
Similar Characters
暈 dizzy (trad)妟 safe旦 dawn昃 afternoon昌 prosperous昔 times past昜 out晕 halo (simp)晶 sparkling暴 violent朝 dynasty眾 multitude (trad)莫 nobody衆 crowd (trad/jp)間 interval/room (trad/jp)间 space (simp)习 flapping (simp)尞 burnt offering早 early旬 decameron
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
Clerical
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
晖
Regular
Modern
Chinese
晖 / 暉 [huī]
sunshine; to shine upon; variant of 輝|辉[huī]
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
暉 あきら
Akira given name
暉 き
Ki unclassified name
暉 てらす
Terasu given name
暉 てる
Teru surnamegiven name
暉 ひかつ
Hikatsu unclassified name
暉 ひかり
Hikari female given name
暉 ひかる
Hikaru given name
CHINESE WORDS (5)
余晖 [yú​huī] #57,580
twilight
春晖 [chūn​huī] #35,736
lit. spring sunshine
珠晖区 [Zhū​huī​qū] #64,844
Zhuhui district of Hengyang city 衡陽市|衡阳市[Héng​yáng​shì], Hunan
晖映 [huī​yìng] #69,382
variant of 輝映|辉映[huī​yìng]
珠晖 [Zhū​huī] #71,728
Zhuhui district of Hengyang city 衡陽市|衡阳市[Héng​yáng​shì], Hunan
JAPANESE WORDS (3)
⭐ 綺麗 [きれい] #1,407
pretty
夕暉 [せっき] #175,576
rays of the setting sun
旭暉 [きょっき]
rays of the rising sun